Happy New Year!

A very happy new year to my family and friends!

Here's a slice of Rocky Road Brownie to celebrate the first day of year 2009.

Recipe taken from The Cookie Bible :

Makes about 20 brownies

1 1/4 cups Miniature Marshmallows

1 cup Hershey's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1/2 cup Chopped Nuts (I used Pecans)

1/2 cup Butter or Margarine

1 cup Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

2 Eggs

1/2 cup All-Purpose Flour

1/3 cup Hershey's Cocoa

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

• Heat oven to 350F. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
  
• Stir together marshmallows, chocolate chips and nuts; set aside.
  
• Melt butter. Add sugar, vanilla and eggs, beating with spoon until well blended. Add flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; blend well. Spread batter in prepared pan.
  
• Bake 22 minutes.
  
• Sprinkle chocolate chips mixture over top. Continue baking 5 minutes, or until marshmallows have softened and puffed slightly.
  
• Cool completely. With wet knife, cut into squares.
  

The aroma from the baking was irresistable.

My little boy stopped playing and declared that he was hungry!

The little one has a sweet tooth, and he likes the sweetness of the brownie.

However, I found the brownie a little too sweet for my taste buds. In fact, I cut down the amount of sugar used, from 1 cup to 3/4 cup. The next time I bake it, I will use less chocolate chips and marshmallows. To use bittersweet chocolate chunks instead of semi-sweet chocolate chips. A small slice of brownie is enjoyable, but a big slice is a little too overwhelming.

... A sweet start to a new year =)