Name: Big Batch of Homemade Brownies {Farmhouse Stye}
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 20 people
Ingredients: 1-1/2 cups butter (softened); 3 cups sugar; 1 tablespoon vanilla; 1-1/4 cup eggs (6-7 eggs); 1-1/2 cups flour; 1 cup cocoa; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1-1/2 cups chopped nuts (optional, I usually omit); 1/4 cup powdered sugar (optional)

Do you need an easy chocolate dessert to feed a crowd? This big batch of homemade brownies is super easy and very delicious! #easybrownies #bigbatchbrownies

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Big Batch of Brownies

My mom has made these brownies many times to feed our family and friends. When you have teenagers that go through tons of food this is a winning recipe! These brownies are a go-to recipe for bake sales, benefit auctions and large sports team meals. A large 12 x 17 baking sheet is the perfect size for this recipe. This is a very cost effective dessert that doesn’t sacrifice quality or flavor in any way to feed big groups on a budget.

I love how delicious these homemade brownies are, yet they only take about ten minutes to mix up. Only common ingredients that I always have on hand are needed. We only had chickens on our farm for a short while but my grandparents would often give us extra eggs. This is also the perfect recipe for using extra eggs!

My husband has a cousin who is a chicken farmer. They just built a new barn with state of the art technology to help care for thousands of laying hens. Joe’s cousin and his wife work together with other family members to take care of chickens and pack eggs every day. The chicken farmers have a big family and lots of eggs, so I imagine this would be a great recipe for them.

Easy Homemade Brownies

This is one of those recipes that would be nice to have a bigger mixer, but my 4.5 quart Kitchen Aid mixer works fine. I just have to be careful not to run it too fast since the bowl gets pretty full and extra ingredients can get pushed out over the edge. Once all of the ingredients are moist the mixer speed can be turned up to finish more quickly.

Another nice touch to the brownies is using my OXO sifter to add a nice even layer of powdered sugar on top. I purchased the sifter with an Amazon gift card that I got for my birthday and I love it! Garnishing with powdered sugar isn’t required, but it is an easy way to dress up these basic brownies.

A sifter can help make a more even coating than other options like shaking confectioners sugar on with a spoon. The sifter will simply make the sugar covered brownies look better. Using other manual methods of sugar distribution will still taste great, but may not look as uniform. If you don’t have a sifter, don’t sweat it!

Ingredients Needed to Make Large Batch Brownies

Butter
Sugar
Eggs
Vanilla
Flour
Cocoa
Nuts
Powdered sugar, optional
Nuts, optional

How to Make a Big Batch of Homemade Brownies

Preheat oven to 350º F. Grease 12×17 baking sheet.
Cream the butter and sugar; add vanilla. Mix in the eggs and beat well.
Blend in dry ingredients and mix well.
Bake 15-20 minutes.
Sprinkle powdered sugar evenly on top.

Other Easy Desserts:

Here are a few more basic baking recipes that are often found on the farmhouse tables in our family:

We hope you enjoy these classic and easy dessert recipes as much as our family does!

Printable Big Batch of Homemade Brownies Recipe