Blue Ribbon Brownies Recipes

STATE FAIR RIBBON FUDGE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray the bottom of an 8x8-inch metal baking pan with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, cocoa, and 1/4 teaspoon plus a pinch of salt together in a bowl and set aside.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Add semisweet and bittersweet chocolate to melted butter and stir until smooth. Remove from heat; set aside for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix brown sugar, eggs, and banana by hand until combined, about 1 minute. Add melted chocolate mixture to banana mixture and stir well, about 1 minute more. Mix flour mixture slowly into chocolate, stirring just enough to combine. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 2 hours before cutting.

BLUE RIBBON CHEESE CAKE BROWNIES

Steps:

• FOR CHEESE CAKE TOPPING:.
• In a small bowl, stir together all the ingredients for topping and set aside.
• FOR BROWNIE:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease a 9x13-inch glass pan**.
• In a small bowl, melt the chocolate chips with the olive oil in the microwave, set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Slowly beat in chocolate.
• Add vanilla and 1 egg at a time until combined.
• Add flour and beat until just combined, do not over mix.
• Pour brownie mix into pan and spread out evenly.
• Spoon cheese cake topping over and spread out.
• With a knife, make little swirls in the batters, not to really combined them, but to just make swirly patterns on the top.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with crumbs on it.