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Jack-o'-Lantern Brownies

3/4 cup butter, melted
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
Orange paste food coloring
Green and black decorating gel
Candy corn and milk chocolate M&M's, optional

In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugar and vanilla until

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light and fluffy. Beat in eggs until well blended. Combine the flour,
cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture.
Line a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with waxed paper; grease the
paper. Spread batter evenly in pan. Bake at 350° for 18-22
minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool
on a wire rack. Run a knife around edge of pan. Invert brownies
onto a work surface and remove waxed paper. Cut brownies with a 3-in.
pumpkin cookie cutter, leaving at least 1/8 in. between each shape.
(Discard scraps or save for another use.) Tint frosting with
orange food coloring; frost brownies. Use green gel to create the
pumpkin stems and black gel and candy corn and M&M's to decorate the
faces if desired.

Yield: about 1 dozen.