Homemade Cosmic Brownies

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 squares

  1 ounce each unsweetened chocolate, 4 ounces total
• ⅔ cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped nuts

  if desired
• 3 squares

  1 ounce each unsweetened chocolate
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• ½ cup finely chopped nuts

  if desired

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 13x9x2 inch baking pan or line with foil or
  parchment.
• 2 Add 4 squares chocolate and ⅔ cup butter to a large saucepan and cook over low
  heat until melted, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
• 3 Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla and whisk until well blended. Stir in flour, baking
  powder, salt, and nuts if using, and mix just until blended. Spread into
  prepared pan. 
• 4 Bake for about 30 minutes, or until brownies begin to pull away from the sides
  of the pan. (Do not overbake.)
• 5 Cool slightly; spread with Glossy Chocolate Frosting. Cool completely before
  serving.
• 6
  Glossy Chocolate Frosting
• 7 Add 3 squares chocolate and 3 tablespoons butter to a large saucepan and cook
  over low heat until melted.
• 8 Stir in powdered sugar, milk, salt, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth.
• 9 Place pan of frosting in bowl of ice and water; continue beating until smooth,
  creamy, and of spreading consistency. Stir in nuts if using.
• 10 Frost the brownies and top with sprinkles if using. Slice brownies
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  serve!

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