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Texas Brownies

A simple brownie with a rich, chocolate frosting that pours onto straight-from-the-oven brownies!
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Ingredients
  

Brownies

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter 1 stick
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup strong coffee or water
  • 1/4 cup dark unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/2 cup milk + 2 t. lemon juice or vinegar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 t. baking soda
  • 1 t. vanilla

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter 1 stick
  • 2 T. dark cocoa
  • 1/4 cup milk plus a lil' extra for later
  • 3 1/2 cups unsifted powdered sugar
  • 1 t. vanilla

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, mix together the flour and sugar. Set aside.
  • In a saucepan, melt the butter, shortening, coffee, and cocoa. Bring to a boil and boil 1 minute.
  • Stir boiling mixture into flour and sugar.
  • Add to it the buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Mix all of this together well.
  • Pour batter into a greased jelly roll pan (17-1/2 by 11 inch).
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Using the same saucepan and mixing bowl you used earlier - Melt together the butter, cocoa, milk. Pour into the bowl and stir in powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir until "lumpy's" are mostly gone!
  • Pour over warm brownies and spread evenly. Cool before serving.
  • Enjoy!