Famous Mint Brownies

https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/famous-mint-brownies/

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these brownies!

There are a lot of steps involved but they aren't hard to make,

you just need a little time and patience but it's easy enough!!

And they are yummy! When I make them everyone always asks

what bakery I got them from :)!

AND...I'm not a techy person and can't get this page to format

right so my apologies for anyone looking at this terrible format.

Description

These wonderful brownies look and taste professional. But they are so easy to make.
Bake them today and share them with your friends. They may make you famous!

Ingredients

FOR THE BROWNIES:             For 1 ½ times the recipe (for a cookie size sheet, use foil)

        1 cup Melted Butter                 1 ½ Cups melted butter

• ½ cups Cocoa Powder ¾ Cups cocoa powder

• 2 cups Sugar 3 cups sugar

• 4 whole Eggs, Beaten 6 eggs, beaten

• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 1 ½ tsp vanilla

• ½ teaspoons Salt 3/4 tsp salt

• 1-½ cup Flour 2 ¼ cups flour
• FOR THE MINT FROSTING:

• ½ cups Butter, Softened ¾ cup softened butter

• 2 Tablespoons Milk 3 Tlbs milk
• 2 cups Powdered Sugar 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp Peppermint Extract 1 ½ tsp peppermint extract
• 5 drops Green Food Coloring 7 ½ drops green food coloring
• _____
• FOR THE GANACHE TOPPING:
• ½ cups Butter ¾ cup butter
• 1-½ cup Semi-Sweet Choc. Chips ¼ cups choc. chips

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Note: Increasing amounts to 1 1/2 times the original amounts will yield a baker’s half sheet (large cookie sheet) of brownies, to make 4 dozen brownies.

For the brownies, whisk together melted butter and cocoa powder. Then add sugar, beaten eggs, vanilla, and salt. Mix well and then add sifted flour. Stir in by hand. Do not over mix.

Pour into a 9×13 pan sprayed with cooking spray. If making 1 1/2 recipe, pour into a baker’s half sheet (large cookie sheet).

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-28 minutes. Cool for a few minutes and then place in the freezer for 20 minutes.

While brownies are in the freezer make the first layer of topping. Mix the mint frosting ingredients thoroughly. Evenly frost brownies and put back in the freezer for 20 minutes.

Make the chocolate ganache top layer. Melt the butter and chocolate and whisk together. (I melt them together in a Pyrex measuring bowl in the microwave for one minute. Be careful not to overheat. It won’t look melted but once whisked, it will.)

Drizzle warm chocolate over brownies and spread smooth with a spatula. Put back in the freezer for another 20 minutes. The brownies do best if kept refrigerated or in the freezer. They thaw quickly but if they aren’t kept coldish, they get too mushy and melty.