Creme de Menthe Brownies
By
Robyn Bruce
@Robyn1757
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Ingredients
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.2 stickbutter, softened
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2 csugar
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4 largeeggs
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 1/4 call purpose flour
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3/4 cunsweetened cocoa powder
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1/2 tspbaking powder
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110 oz. package andes mints
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1 cor more, shaved or grated andes mints
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·chocolate frosting
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CHOCOLATE FROSTING
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1 stickbutter, melted
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1/3 ccocoa powder
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2 csifted confectioners sugar
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1 tspvanilla extract
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2 Tbspmilk
How to Make Creme de Menthe Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan.
Using an electric mixer, combine butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, mixing well.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Gradually stir into butter mixture. Fold in WHOLE mint chips or wafers. Spoon into greased pan. Bake for 35 minutes.
While brownies are baking, prepare frosting. Combine butter, cocoa, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and milk in a large mixing bowl; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until dry ingredients are moistened. Beat at high speed until spreading consistency.
Remove pan from the oven and allow brownies to cool in pan on wire rack. Spread with chocolate frosting. Top with shaved mint thins.