Brownies from a Brownie

My sweet tooth always seems to flair up during those rainy weekend days, and today was one of those days. While trying to study for my history test and unable to shake that feeling of impending test-doom, I had a massive craving for something insanely sweet.

the other day was my mom's 50th birthday, and to celebrate we went out for dinner and had the most amazing dessert; a warm white chocolate brownie served with vanilla ice cream and whipping cream, d i v i n e.

as I was staring blankly at my Canadian history text book I remembered a brownie I had the other day at my mom's 50th birthday. We went out for dinner to celebrate and were served the most delectable dessert; a warm white chocolate brownie served with vanilla ice cream and whipping cream, d.i.v.i.n.e. and started drooling slightly. That was it, I was going to make a brownie. 40 minutes later, I was sitting on the couch, snuggled in my blanket savouring a triple chocolate brownie with cool whip...I didn't have vanilla ice cream unfortunately; an ice cream maker is on my birthday wish list this year; but it hit the spot beautifully, here's my version of happiness:

I added about a 1/2 cup each of semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips and chopped walnuts to my batter.

Easy Peasy Triple Chocolate Chip Brownies

4 Tbsp melted butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
walnuts, chocolate chips *Optional*

Directions

1) Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch square pan.
2) In medium bowl, stir butter, sugar, and vanilla together. Add eggs, and beat well
3) Mix together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Add to egg mixture, beat until well blended. At this point, if you'd like, you can add the nuts and chocolate chips to the batter
Spread batter into greased pan and bake for 20-25 minutes until brownies begin to "pull away" from the pan's edges.
4) Cool completely in the pan; once cooled, cut into squares and enjoy.