Mrs. Katie’s Famous Holiday Mint Brownies

ByMrs. Katie

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Mrs. Katie’s Famous Holiday Mint Brownies

This recipe was one of my MOST REQUESTED when I owned a catering company many moons ago. Any time of the year….baby showers, teachers’ meetings, ladies’ teas, Christmas parties, weddings (no funerals but I woulda catered them if asked!)…these were requested all the time. Not to mention all the times I made these for all of our Christmas Open Houses and parties….

Mrs. Katie of Heritage Ways, LLC

Mrs. Katie's Famous Holiday Mint Brownies

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Course: Dessert
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter
  • 4- oz. unsweetened chocolate squares
  • 4 eggs beaten
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 1 t. vanilla
Frosting
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 4 cups XXX sugar confectioner's sugar/baker's sugar, sifted then measured
  • 3 - 4 T. whipping cream or half and half
  • 3 T. green crème de menthe

Method
 

Brownies
  1. In small saucepan, melt butter and chocolate on medium-low, stirring. Do not burn.
  2. In electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar.
  3. Add flour, salt, vanilla, beating well. Stir in chocolate-butter mixture.
  4. Pour into greased 9 x 13 pan.
  5. Bake at 325F 40 minutes or until inserted knife comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack. Frost when cool.
Frosting
  1. In electric mixer, mix whip butter until fluffy. Gradually add sugar, whipping cream (or half and half) and creme de menthe. Start with 3 T. of whipping cream and only add more to desired consistency. Beat until frosting is smooth and fluffy.

Notes

This recipe was one of my MOST REQUESTED when I owned a catering company many moons ago. Any time of the year....baby showers, teachers' meetings, ladies' teas, Christmas parties, weddings (no funerals but I woulda catered them if asked!)...these were requested all the time. Not to mention all the times I made these for all of our Christmas Open Houses and parties....

Mrs. Katie of Heritage Ways educates and encourages Diligent Homemakers by sharing her family’s homemaking and homesteading traditions and knowledge. A mother of six and Grandmarmee to a growing number of blessings, her favorite thing to do is cook for a table full of hungry folks. Find Mrs. Katie teaching at homemaking and homesteading events. She’ll be the one wearing an apron and counting her blessings.

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