Kahlua Brownies With & Dark Chocolate Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup dutch process cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup kahlua or 1/4 cup other coffee-flavored liqueur
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, or almonds, for use to garnish icing when finished) (optional)
• 1 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
• 1 ounce chocolate, chopped or 1 ounce chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour a 13x9x2 baking dish and set aside (can use a mix of cocoa and flour to prevent edges around finished brownies) in a big bowl (preferably by hand, not mixer), combine well the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• 3 add melted butter, eggs, vanilla, and kahlua, and stir just until blended (do not overmix).
• 4 fold in chopped nuts, if you are using them.
• 5 put batter in prepared baking dish, evening out the batter with a spatula.
• 6 bake for 40- 45 minutes or until the edges of brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the dish.
• 7 remove from the oven and put dish on wire rack to cool.
• 8 immediately sprinkle dark chocolate chips over top of hot brownies.
• 9 lighly place a sheet of aluminum foil over dish to hold in and reflect heat.
• 10 after about 5 minutes, when chips are melted, spread over the brownies with a spatula.
• 11 immediately sprinkle chocolate over the frosting, and lightly cover dish with the foil again.
• 12 after about 2 minutes, when chocolate is melted, gently swirl them into the dark chocolate to create a marbleized look.
• 13 let cool 2 hours before cutting.