Easy Brownie Recipe

written by Cookies For Christmas | October 27, 2015

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup cocoa
2 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup flour, all purpose
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp almond flavoring (optional)
1/8 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup icing sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
3 tbsp butter
1 1/2 tbsp hot coffee

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease 8 X 8 inch pan.

In a small pot, heat butter and cocoa over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.

In mixing bowl, beat eggs until frothy. Add sugar, flour, walnuts, almond flavoring (optional), salt, and cocoa mixture. Stir together well. Spread in prepared pan, smoothing top.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until wooden pick inserted in center comes out moist, not wet, with batter. Do not over-bake. Cool slightly in pan on rack before icing.

For icing, beat icing sugar, cocoa, butter, and coffee until smooth, adding more icing sugar or coffee as needed until proper consistency is reached.

Spread over warm brownies. Cut into squares.