Easter-Is-Over Brownies
Brownies studded with a hodgepodge of leftover Easter candy
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.