Perfectly Peppermint Brownies

• 3/4 cup cocoa, Hershey's
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup butter, melted and divided (or margarine)
• 1/2 cup water, boiling
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups peppermint patties, Mint, York

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan.
3. Stir together cocoa and baking soda in large bowl.
4. Stir in 1/3 cup of the melted butter.
5. Add boiling water and stir until the mixture thickens.
6. Stir in sugar, eggs and remaining 1/3 cup of the melted butter; stir until smooth.
7. Add flour, vanilla and salt; blend completely.
8. Stir in peppermint patties.
9. Spread in prepared pan.
10. Bake 35-40 minutes or until the brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.
11. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
12. Cut into bars.

cocoa, baking soda, butter, water, sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla, salt, peppermint patties

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/perfectly-peppermint-brownies-313418 (may not work)