Easter-Is-Over Brownies

I don’t know about you but I’m so sick of candy. As soon as a holiday is over I’m anxious to get it out of the house. That’s a problem with holidays like Easter because even if you did a lot of pre-holiday goodies the actual day brings in a pile of sugar. This recipe was my remedy to get it out of the house. I made brownies and added a WHOLE lot of chocolate candy to the batter.

This is actually a recipe for Texas sheet cake. My dear friend Beth gave this recipe to me 11 years ago and it quickly became a favorite of mine. You can’t go wrong with it. Since I added a pile of candy to the batter I only used half of the glaze on top. If you use the whole glaze it will completely cover the sheet cake. I love how it oozed into the gaps that the candy created. Mmmmm.

I hope your family enjoys this recipe as much as we do. With or without the chocolate candy added to the batter it is a fabulous way to whip up a crowd-pleasing brownie. It has a cakey feel to it and the glaze hardens up just enough to seal in the moisture. This brownie gets better the next day if you can believe it! Enjoy!

Easter-Is-Over Brownies

Brownies studded with a hodgepodge of leftover Easter candy

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Ingredients

• ▢ For the Brownies:
• ▢ 2 cups flour
• ▢ 2 cups sugar
• ▢ ½ cup butter, 1 stick
• ▢ ½ cup shortening
• ▢ 1 cup strong brewed coffee, you could use water
• ▢ ¼ cup cocoa powder
• ▢ ½ cup buttermilk
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ▢ 1 cup of various chocolate candy
• ▢ For the Glaze:
• ▢ ½ cup of butter, 1 stick
• ▢ 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• ▢ ¼ cup milk
• ▢ 3 ½ cups powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

 

• For the Brownies:
• Preheat oven to 400 and grease a 17x11 jelly roll pan (or large baking sheet with a rim).
• In the bowl of your mixer combine flour and sugar.
• In a heavy saucepan combine butter, shortening, coffee or water, and cocoa powder. Stir and heat to boiling.
• Pour boiling mixture over the flour/sugar mixture. Add the rest of the ingredients. Mix well.
• Pour into prepared pan. Place chocolate throughout the pan and bake at 400 for 20 minutes.
• For the Glaze:
• While the brownies bake prepare frosting. In a saucepan combine butter, cocoa powder, and milk. Heat to boiling, stirring.
• Mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla until the glaze is smooth. Remove from heat.
• Pour warm frosting over brownies as soon as you take them out of the oven. Cool and serve.

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