10 Minute Scrumptious Brownies With Frosting!

from a generations-old family recipe - as easy as opening a box of brownie mix - and the best gooey brownie i have ever tasted in 55 years!

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 9

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 3  tablespoons  nestle's tollhouse cocoa powder
• 3⁄4 cup flour
• 2  eggs
• 1 -2  teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped  nuts (optional)
• 4  tablespoons butter
• 4  tablespoons  cocoa
• 2  tablespoons half-and-half
• 1 1⁄3 cups powdered sugar

Directions

1. Melt the butter. Stir in sugar and cocoa. Add flour. Mix. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix. Stir in chopped walnuts or pecans.
2. Butter 8 x 8 inch glass pan. Spoon mixture into it and bake at 350 for about 25 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
3. Cool until warm but not hot [15 minutes approximately].
4. Make frosting:
5. Melt butter and stir in an equal part of powdered cocoa.
6. Dump in some powdered sugar, add a little half and half. Stir.
7. Keep tweaking ingredients, according to your own taste, until you get your preferred sweetness and spreadability.
8. Frost brownies.