Fudgy Patriotic Brownies Recipe

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A rich chocolate frosting makes these brownies really tasty. I always come home with an empty pan when I take these to potlucks. —Julie Moyer, Union Grove, Wisconsin

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Fudgy Patriotic Brownies Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

25 35 60

Ingredients

1 cup butter, cubed
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 eggs
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans
FROSTING:
1/4 cup butter, cubed
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
3 cups confectioners' sugar
5 to 6 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Red, white and blue decorating icing

Directions

In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter and chocolate; stir until smooth. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition. Combine flour and salt; stir into chocolate mixture until combined. Stir in pecans.
Spread into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 325° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
For frosting, in a small heavy saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat; stir until smooth. Remove from the heat. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla until blended.
Frost brownies; score into 24 bars. Using a small star-shaped cookie cutter, lightly press a star outline in the center of each brownie. Outline stars with red, white and blue icing. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 292 calories, 15 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 61 mg cholesterol, 158 mg sodium, 38 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Fudgy Patriotic Brownies in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2007, p212

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Reviewed on May. 30, 2010 by pharmpig2389@yahoo.com

I have a brownie recipe just like this one that I have been making for a while. Instead of making the icing, I just open a can of milk chocolate icing and it is delicious. When I take the brownies to work, they are gone in 1/2 hour after everyone knows they are there.