(photo credit: Ghirardelli)
Oooohhh my!!!! These brownies are AHHhhmazing! Ladies, you have GOT to try these out! When I had my friend’s girls over for a mini cooking class, these are what we made for dessert. They told me they were the best brownies they have ever tasted! We couldn’t wait for them to cool, haha…who doesn’t love homemade brownies pipping hot out of the oven? They are irresistible.
Go grab a canister of Ghirardelli ground chocolate/baking cocoa and just follow the recipe on the back!
Ever notice just saying the word “brownie” makes ya smile? Try it…Brownnnnnieeeeee….MMMMMmmmm!
Preheat oven to 350, Using a spoon, stire eggs with sugar and vanilla; add butter.
Sift Sweet Ground Chocolate with flour, baking powder, and salt.
(I simply put it in a separate bowl and fluffed it with a fork. It worked.)
Stir into egg mixture; (you may add nuts and chocolate chips) Spread into a greased 8″ square pan.
Bake for 20 mins. Place pan on a cooling rack and let cool before cutting (if you can resist…I can’t). I used a throw-away pan because these went home with the girls. I prefer using a glass square pan if I’m making them for my family.
While the brownies were cooling, we made the frosting: butter, milk, Ghirardelli Cocoa, Confectioners sugar, salt, and vanilla.
It was ok…
KIDDING!!! It was AWESOME.
| Ghirardelli Award Winning Brownies with Frosting |
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 3/4 cup Ghirardelli Sweet Ground Chocolate and Cocoa
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
- Frosting:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 Tbsp milk
- 1/2 cup Ghirardelli Sweet Ground Cocoa
- 2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
- dash salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- Preheat oven to 350
- Using a spoon, stir eggs with sugar and vanilla, add butter.
- Sift cocoa with flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Stir into egg mixture
- Add nuts and chocolate chips
- Spread into a greased 8″ pan
- Bake 20 mins and let sit on a cooling rack
- Frosting:
- Combine butter, milk, cocoa in a saucepan over low heat until butter melts
- Remove from heat
- Add confectioners sugar, salt and vanilla
- Beat until smooth
- Frost over top of brownies
I am SO going to make these! I think I have all the ingredients. WOOHOO!!
My hubby loves brownies and I can never find a good recipe. Thanks for sharing!!
Sure thing Joy!!!! He will LOVE them!!!
I made these tonight and I am curious if your batter was super thick and dry? Also, my brownies were very dry…just curious if an ingredient was missing?
Hi Karen! This is indeed the recipe… Did you use an 8″ pan and bake 20 mins? A 9×13 could make them dry and over baking..let me know!
These do look really good. I have a great recipe for brownies, but I just MIGHT have to try these. 😉
Hi Janelle,
I followed the directions exactly. They are so dry they are crumbly. It’s weird…………we are still eating them though! My hubby asked me if they were missing something like oil or applesauce ~ silly man, I have never made brownies with applesauce. hee hee That would be a whole different texture for sure.
I’m so sorry Karen- I have double checked myself , but here is the same recipe over at food.com http://www.food.com/recipe/ghirardelli-award-winning-brownies-98330 -If you see anything that I am missing, let me know my friend-I am VERY human, lol -so there is no doubt I am very capable of making mistakes, again, let me know…These are very fudge like- the only other thing I can think of that causes dryness is if you over mixed OR if your oven is off temperature (which mine has been in the past). I am glad you are asking me questions- always feel free to do that. Love to you, Janelle
I was making goodies for someone. I was going to cut and stack the brownies in a cake plate, but I was wondering will the frosting dry up enough so it won’t be a big mess?
Hi Gina! They will probably be a little messy…lol, but still yummy!!!! 😉