Buttermilk Brownies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup hershey cocoa powder (regular-type, dry)
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water or 1 cup coffee
• 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 slightly beaten eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons hershey cocoa powder (regular type, dry)
• 3 tablespoons buttermilk
• 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar (confectioners')
• 1/2-1 teaspoon vanilla (your preference)
• 1/2 cup english walnuts or 1/2 cup butter nuts or 1/2 cup pecans or 1/2 cup black walnuts or 1/2 cup similar type nuts

Recipe

• 1 brownies: in saucepan combine butter, cocoa, 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water (first four ingredients).
• 2 bring to boil; stirring constantly.
• 3 remove from heat and set aside.
• 4 in large mixing bowl, blend together flour, soda and salt.
• 5 in small bowl combine buttermilk, eggs and vanilla; whisk lightly with a fork.
• 6 pour buttermilk mixture into dry ingredients; mix until smooth.
• 7 add cocoa mixture gradually with mixer on low setting.
• 8 mix until well blended (flour and buttermilk mixture will be thick and likely need to be scraped from sides of bowl to blend thoroughly).
• 9 pour into greased 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 2 1/4 baking dish.
• 10 bake at 375 deg f for 25 minutes; test with toothpick.
• 11 immediately pour frosting over brownies; spread evenly.
• 12 (brownies will be very tender so spread gently.) cool; cut into bars and serve.
• 13 frosting: in saucepan, mix 1/4 cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa and 3 tablespoons buttermilk.
• 14 cook and stir till boiling (mixture will be slightly curdled); remove from heat.
• 15 beat in 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
• 16 fold in english walnuts.