1992 3rd Place Chocolate Mint Sticks

Title:
1992 3rd Place Chocolate Mint Sticks

Yield:
36 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday




Ingredients:




----------------------------------BROWNIE----------------------------------


     1 c  Butter, softened


     2 c  Granulated sugar


     4    Eggs


     2 ts Vanilla


     4 oz Unsweetened chocolate,


          Melted


     1 c  Unsifted all-purpose flour


   3/4 c  Chopped pecans or walnuts





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     2 c  Confectioners' sugar


     4 tb Butter or margarine,


          Softened


     2 tb Milk


   1/2 ts Peppermint extract


          1-2 drops green food


          Coloring, if desired



-----------------------------------GLAZE-----------------------------------


     2 oz Sweetened chocolate


     2 tb Butter or margarine





 Preparation time: 25 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes


 


  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13-by-9-inch baking pan.


 


  2. With an electric mixer, cream the butter, granulated sugar, eggs and


 vanilla until light, 2 minutes. Add the chocolate and mix well. Stop the


 mixer and fold in the flour then the nuts.


 


  3. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake just until a toothpick inserted


 in the center comes out clean, 30 minutes. Cool completely.


 


  4. For the filling, mix all ingredients until smooth. Spread in an even


 layer over the cooled brownies.


 


  5. For the glaze, melt chocolate with butter; mix well. Pour over filling


 and gently tilt pan so glaze covers the entire surface. Refrigerate until


 glaze is set; cut into squares or sticks. For holiday cookie trays, cut the


 brownies into small squares and decorate them with holiday finery.


 


 Jill Kaltenhaler of Homewood, Illinois from the Chicago Tribune fifth


 annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 3, 1992


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #339


 


 From: Linda Place 


 


 Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:24:27 +0000