Winter Wonderland Snowmen Brownies Recipe

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These brownies guaranty to make your family and guests smile. They will satisfy any sweet tooth.—Hershey Food Corporation, Cheryl Reitz, Hershey, Pennsylvania

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Winter Wonderland Snowmen Brownies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

20 35 55

Ingredients

3/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup butter, melted, divided
1/2 cup boiling water
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 package (10 ounces) peanut butter chips
Confectioners' sugar, optional
Miniature M&M's and semisweet chocolate chips, optional

Directions

In a bowl, combine cocoa and baking soda. Beat in 1/3 cup butter. Stir in water until mixture thickens. Stir in sugar, eggs, vanilla and remaining butter. Beat in flour. Stir in peanut butter chips. Line a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with foil and grease the foil; spread batter evenly in pan.
Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until brownies pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely on a wire rack. Cover and refrigerate until firm. Use a snowman pattern or a cookie cutter to mark brownies; cut with a knife. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Decorate with M&M's and chips if desired. Yield: 1 dozen large or 3 dozen small brownies.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 421 calories, 19 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 63 mg cholesterol, 225 mg sodium, 59 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 8 g protein.

Originally published as Winter Wonderland Snowmen Brownies in Country Woman January/February 1997, p40