Mint Iced Brownies

Title:
Mint Iced Brownies

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Brownies,
Chocolate,
Microwave,
Mint




Ingredients:





          BROWNIE LAYER


   1/2 c  Butter or margarine


     1 c  Sugar


     2    Eggs


     1 ts Vanilla


     2    1-oz  Squares unsweetened


          Chocolate


   1/2 c  Finely chopped pecans


   1/2 c  Flour -- sifted


          MINT LAYER


     4 tb Butter or margarine


 1 1/2 c  Powdered sugar


     3 tb Evaporated milk


     1 ts Peppermint flavoring


     1 sm Drop green coloring


          CHOCOLATE ICING


     4 oz Semisweet chocolate


     1 tb Butter or margarine






 BROWNIE LAYER: Cream soft butter with sugar. Add eggs one at a time and mix


 until creamy. Stir in vanilla and nuts. Gradually stir in flour; being


 careful not to overmix.


 


 In microwave, melt chocolate 2-3 minutes in small glass measuring cup,


 stirring after 1 1/2 minutes. Stir chocolate into batter evenly. Pour


 batter into greased 8-inch square casserole. Spread evenly. Cook 7-8


 minutes on high, rotating after 3 minutes. Allow to cool.


 


 MINT LAYER: Cream butter and sugar. Add milk and blend until creamy. Add


 flavoring and enough color to be light green. Carefully spread over cooled


 brownies, evenly. Allow mint layer to "firm up" before adding chocolate


 layer. CHOCOLATE LAYER: Melt in glass measure cup for 2-3 minutes. Stir


 after 1 minute. Allow to cool and spread over firm mint layer. Spread


 carefully so mint and brownie layers are not disturbed. allow to stand


 several hours. Cut into squares to serve.


 


 I usually bake a 9 X 13 pan of brownies from a mix! Double the mint and


 chocolate icing recipes. This is a very popular brownie! Wonderful for St.


 Pat's and Christmas parties.... and just about anytime! Formatted by SALlie


 Kratz, GENIE. Shared on alt. creative-cook and alt. creative-cooking by


 Judi M. Phelps.


 


 Internet: jphelps@shell.  portal.  com or juphelps@delphi. com


 


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 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini