Chef John'S Chocolate Mint Brownies
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/8 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon mint extract, or to taste
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Combine sugar and cocoa powder in a large bowl; stir in melted butter until mixture is smooth.
- Stir in 1 egg, vanilla, and salt. Mix in second egg.
- Fold in flour and transfer to ungreased 8x8-inch square baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 35 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool in the baking dish for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Mix powdered sugar, milk, and mint extract in a bowl until smooth.
- Pour icing over cooled brownies. Spread evenly and allow to set, about 30 minutes.
- Slice into 16 brownies.
unsalted butter, sugar, cocoa, eggs, vanilla, salt, allpurpose, powdered sugar, milk, mint
Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/221150/chef-johns-chocolate-mint-brownies/ (may not work)