'Traffic' Brownies

Author: Adapted by Valerie Phillips
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Ingredients

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup powdered sugar for garnish
1 teaspoon chili powder for garnish


Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 13-by-9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Mix chocolate and oil together. Mix in sugar, eggs and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients and spread in pan. Bake 30 minutes or until brownies start to pull away from sides of pan. Do not overbake. Cool slightly. Mix powdered sugar and chili powder together. Place in a wire sieve and gently shake over brownies until lightly dusted.