choco-mint marble brownies

Cairo, NY
Updated on Nov 15, 2012

Eye catching and elegant. If you like Andes candies, you'll love these cake-like brownies

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yield 9 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 - eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
  • 1 1/2 cups plus 1 tbs all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3-5 - drops green food coloring
  • GANACHE FROSTING
  • 1 cup smei-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1-3 tablespoon heavy cream

How To Make choco-mint marble brownies

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease or spray the bottom only of a 8 x 8-inch square pan.
  • Step 2
    Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition; add milk and beat until incorporated.
  • Step 3
    Mix flour and baking powder and stir into butter/egg mixture. Remove half of the batter to a separate bowl. Stir cocoa into one half of the batter. Add mint extract and food coloring to other half of the batter.
  • Step 4
    Drop batters by heaping tablespoonfulls alternating chocolate and green batters in marble cake fashion. Lightly swirl batter in pan.
  • Step 5
    Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Let cool.
  • Step 6
    Prepare ganache frosting by microwaving chocolate chips and heavy cream(start with 1 tbs of cream, you can add more if necessary) at 1 minute intervals at 50% power; stir. Repeat until frosting is smooth in texture. You should have a thick but pourable consistency. Pour on top of brownies and spread evenly. Let ganache set--about 1 hour. Makes 9 brownies.

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Category: Cakes
Keyword: #brownies
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