10 Minute Scrumptious Brownies With Frosting!

Submitted by carrie sheridan

"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: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• 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.