I had the urge one day to bake some brownies, but I didn't have a clean bowl to use yet, and I was planning on using a saucepan to melt some butter anyhow. This is really quick to prepare, and you just add as you go along. This creates some fudgy brownies which is what I like, but if you like brownies that are more firm than you should probably bake for another 2 minutes.