Miso Brownies

Miso adds a delightful umami flavor to these rich and fudgy brownies. It's a unique twist on a classic treat!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup white miso paste
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans optional

Instructions:

Warm the oven up to 175F 350C

A square 8-inch baking pan should be greased and floured

Put the butter in a saucepan and melt it over low heat

Add the miso paste and mix it in well

Take it off the heat and let it cool down a bit

Mix sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until everything is well mixed

Slowly add the melted butter and miso mixture to the egg mix while stirring all the time

Add the salt, cocoa powder, and flour and sift them in

Fold gently until everything is just mixed

You can add chopped nuts if you want to

Spread out the batter in the pan that has been prepared

If you stick a toothpick into the middle and it comes out with a few moist crumbs, it's done

Let the brownies cool in the pan for a while before cutting them into squares

Oreo Sunflower Cupcakes

Not only are these Oreo Sunflower Cupcakes cute, they taste great too. They're great for garden parties, special events, or just when you want to send someone a tasty treat to make their day.

Ingredients:

• 1 box of chocolate cupcake mix
• 1 cup of water
• 1/3 cup of vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 12 Oreo cookies
• 1 cup of chocolate frosting
• 1/2 cup of yellow frosting
• 12 mini Oreo cookies
• Green food coloring
• 12 yellow mini M&M candies
• 12 black decorating gel tubes

Instructions:

Follow the directions on the cupcake mix to get your oven ready

You can line a muffin tin with cupcake liners

Put the cupcake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs in a bowl and mix them together until the batter is smooth

About two thirds of the way to the top of each cupcake liner, fill it with batter

In the bottom of each cupcake liner, put an Oreo cookie

Put the cupcakes in an oven that has already been heated for the amount of time listed on the box of cupcake mix

This is usually between 18 and 20 minutes

After baking, put the cupcakes on a wire rack to cool all the way down

Get the sunflower decorations ready while the cupcakes cool

Add a few drops of green food coloring to the yellow frosting in a small bowl

This will make green frosting

Put a small round tip on a piping bag and pipe a ring of yellow frosting around the edge of each cupcake to look like sunflower petals

One mini Oreo cookie should be put in the middle of each cupcake to make the sunflower's center

Put a yellow mini M&M candy on top of the Oreo cookie to make the center of the sunflower

To make a sunflower seed pattern, use the black decorating gel tubes to draw lines from the middle of the sunflower to the edges of the petals

Do this again with each cupcake

Give the decorations some time to dry

Serve your tasty Oreo Sunflower Cupcakes and enjoy them!