big batch cocoa brownies
Most brownie recipes are sized to fit in a 8 inch square pan. This recipe is 1 1/2 times bigger and fits in a rectangular 9 x 13 pan. The More the merrier....Right!!! These are super easy to make and you don't have to melt chocolate. The cocoa performs very well in this recipe, and I don't think even the brownie purists will detect the difference. The frosting takes them from great to fabulous! Brownies are one of the all time favorite crowd pleasers. I hope you love these frosted temptations.
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yield
24 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For big batch cocoa brownies
- FOR THE BATTER
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1 cplus 2 tbsp cocoa powder
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1 3/4 csugar
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1/2 tspsalt
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1 1/2 stickunsalted butter, melted and cooled
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3 lgeggs plus 1 yolk
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1 tspvanilla
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1/2 call purpose flour
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3/4 cchopped nuts
- FOR THE FROSTING
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1/4 cunsalted butter, softened
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1 pinchsalt
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1/4 ccocoa pwder
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2 cpowdered sugar
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1/4 tspvanilla
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2 Tbspmilk
How To Make big batch cocoa brownies
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1Line a rectangular baking dish 9 x 13 with non stick foil. Have the non stick side facing up. Cut foil long enough to hang over at each end, so you can pull the layer of brownies out of the pan later. Preheat oven to 325.
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2In a large bowl mix the cocoa, sugar and salt. Add the melted butter and stir with a spoon to mix well.
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3Add the eggs one at a time along with the 1 extra yolk. Beat well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
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4Add the flour and nuts all at once and fold with a rubber spatula just until mixed. Do not over beat.
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5Turn batter out in to the prepared pan and spread evenly with the back of a metal spoon.
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6Bake in preheated oven for about 24 minutes. A pick will come out mostly clean. Do not over bake.
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7Cool completely on a rack.
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8Mix the frosting ingredients in a medium bowl and beat with a spoon until smooth. Frost the top of the brownies.
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9Keep brownies tightly covered before portioning to serve. Makes 24 2 inch square brownies or more if you make smaller squares. You can pull the entire sheet of brownies out to cut, by pulling up the extended ends of the foil.
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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