Ultimate Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients:
  • BROWNIES:
  • 3/4 C Hershey's Cocoa
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 2/3 C butter or margarine, melted and divided
  • 1/2 C boiling water
  • 2 C sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1-1/3 C flour
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 C semi-sweet chocolate chips

  • ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
  • 6 Tbs. butter or margarine, softened
  • Hershey's Cocoa:
  • 1/3 C for light flavor
  • 1/2 C for medium flavor
  • 3/4 C for dark flavor
  • 2-2/3 C powdered sugar
  • 1/3 C milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 13x9x2-inch pan or two 8x8x2-inch square pans. In medium bowl combine cocoa and baking soda. Blend in 1/3 cup melted butter. Add boiling water; stir until mixture thickens. Stir in sugar, eggs and remaining 1/3 cup melted butter; stir until smooth. Add flour, vanilla and salt; blend completely. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into prepared pan(s). Bake 35-40 minutes for rectangular pan, 30-35 for square pans or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan(s); frost with One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting. Cut into squares.

In small mixer bowl cream butter. Add coca and powdered sugar alternately with milk; beat to spreading consistency (additional milk may be needed). Blend in vanilla.


Date Added:May 04, 2014
Classification:Bar Cookies/Brownies
Source:Hershey's
Meal:Dinner
Course:Dessert
Preparation:

Bake

Notes:

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