Buttermilk Brownies

Oh my gosh!! These are so decadent! It's my first attempt at brownies from scratch, so I was a bit intimidated by all the steps - but it really was a snap, once I got all the ingredients lined up. The brownies are more cakey than fudgey, which I love, and the frosting is nice and fudgey - as it should be! :) Thanks, Cindy Lynn

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OMG, Cindy Lynn, these brownies are magnificent!!!!! I thought your chocolate cake was TOP-DOG, but these run neck-in-neck with it! They are just soooooo good! Followed your directions, and BTW, used your buttermilk recipe, of course! They're real easy to mix up and bake, and the taste is just wunnerful, wunnerful, wunnerful!! Can't thank you enough for sharing such a great recipe. Laudee C.

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Whoops!!! Make sure that you don't mix the buttermilk mix with the dry ingredients too vigorously, because they really get gooey! (just as Cindy warned they would) Even with the buttermilk clumps, they still tasted verrry good :) Next time I'll be a bit more careful.

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Superb and definitely a make-again brownie recipe!

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OMG were these sooooooo good. I think I ate 4 servings in one shot. These brownies came out more like a light fudgy cake. I made a chocolate frosting to go over it. It wasn't the frosting you have posted because I didn't have powdered sugar in the house. I actually made a pleasant mistake. I used orange extract instead of vanilla extract in the chocolate frosting. I went with it and poured it over the brownies. WOW! is all I can say. This recipe is a definite keeper. (And the frosting too.) My frosting was 2/3 cup brown sugar, 3 TBSP butter, 1/3 cup chocolate chips, 3 TBSP Milk, 1 tsp. vanilla or orange extract. Combine brown sugar , milk and butter in saucepan and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add vanilla (or orange extract) and chocolate chips. Beat until ready to spread or just let cool and pour over brownies.

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Delicious and oh so chocolatey! This is a cake-like brownie, which was perfect for a birthday cake for my DH. Similar to another recipe that I've used in the past, but will use this one from now on. Thanks!

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These were tasty. It did turn out more like cake than brownies, but there weren't any complaints here. I baked it in a heart shaped silicone pan I'd been given (dd really wanted to make something in there) so it did take longer to cook. Also opted not to make the frosting, but only because I'd already done too many projects in the kitchen for one morning. ;) This one will go on a recipe card to make again!

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YUMMY!!!!!!!!!! These were great and easy enough for my 12 yo ds to make. Thanks for a great recipe.

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If you are expecting a brownie you might be disappointed but no one in this house is complaining over this recipe. This is very similar to my grandmother's chocolate sheet cake however it was nice to make it in a 9x13 instead of jelly roll pan. I used coffee in place of the water and pecans in the frosting. This is a keeper! Thanks for posting.

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I needed to use up some buttermilk and this was a good way to do it. More like chocolate cake than brownies, though. I doubled the frosting and was glad I did.

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Cindy Lynn thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe with everyone.The brownies were amazing, so mellow and rich. My DH doesn't like nuts so I omitted them, and used coffee instead of water. I made a mocha frosting to top them off. Superb.... Updated...from (5/12/04) I have tried many different brownie recipes on Zaar since I joined in /04...and these remain my favourites. I make these just for me, when I want to be naughty and indulge in total decadence. (May 12/04)

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These brownies taste great. We really enjoyed them. My problem is with the frosting. How do you get it to spread. I make them once, and couldn't get the icing to spread at all, but thought I must have done something wrong. I made them again tonight , and found that I had the same problem. The icing is almost like fudge, and I couldn't get it to spread without destroying the brownies. I'd give it a five for taste, but a three because I couldn't make it look right.

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These brownies are delicious! Both of my teenagers loved them. The recipe is easy, and the frosting is just right. Thanks so much for sharing these!

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Cindy Lynn, these really moist cake like brownies are a major hit with my family and friends. I don't know how many times I've printed the recipe out now for others (and/or have been blamed for subsequent weight gain. LOL) They are a *bit* cumbersome to make if you're a busy gal like me, but the end result is certainly worth it. I didn't add the nuts to the frosting. I folded them into the brownie base mix itself. Most of the people I gave the recipe to, however, had the nuts in the frosting and LOVED it. Thanks for submitting this. It'll be a staple recipe at our house!

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LOVED THESE! I was debating between this and a buttermilk choc cake (which i soon realised was Cindy Lynn's choc cake - so i thought i can try both anyway). I didn't have the pan size intended so i used to swiss roll trays - i think i would use one next time to get a thicker brownie. I agree with other reviews that this is definitly more cakey. I used normal water instead of coffee - though I would love to try it with some coffee. I was a bit worried about not sifting the flour as i am a sifting freak. ALso, once i took them out of the oven i read "frost immediately" - whoops. So i was running around the kitchen trying to make a frosting. But it worked perfectly. Thanks for posting. Happy cooking. Miss Pixie x x x :D

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This is delicious and we all enjoyed it - but to us it's definitely cake, not brownies. In fact, it's a lot like Texas Sheet cake, not that that's a bad thing :) I didn't have the pan size that the recipe called for, so I used a 9 x 13 pan and it worked fine. When I poured the batter into the pan I was concerned because it was a very thin batter, not like a usual brownie batter. That's when I realized that this is a lot like Texas Sheet cake. But it all worked out in the end and it made a wonderful dessert for us.

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OMG those are just heavenly...all in the house agree. I used a 9 x 13 pan and followed directions and they are fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful recipe with us. My son wants those for a b-day cake :0) Ri

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Great brownies. nice and moist!

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awesome! I didn't have any nuts so I left the batter (1 cup coffee) without, but ended up throwing in some coconut flakes in the frosting.... Oh so amazing.

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There were terrible -- very rubbery with an awful taste. I followed the directions exactly so I'm not sure what happened.

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