The KBAL Brownie Initiative

Analysis

Another amazingly simple recipe. And because of the chocolate syrup, this was truly a one Kitchenaid bowl recipe. I didn't even have to add things in stages. The instructions said to cream it all together at once and it was portioned for a 9x13 pan. AND I got to purchase some Creme de Menthe! My kind of recipe!

Of course the weird part was the chocolate syrup again. It seems to make the brownies kind of spongy. This time I made sure to get two bottles so I wouldn't run out. And there were nuts to chop, but the rest was so easy I didn't care. It did take an extra 12 minutes to cook.

Even the minty frosting was a snap. Add butter, powdered sugar and creme de menthe and beat it up. It was yummy. Add a simple butter and melted chocolate icing on top and it was done. The recipe didn't specify what type of chocolate to use, so I used a nice dark chocolate. Should be good with the mint, not sure how it will mingle with the brownie, but we can always just eat frosting.

• Prep time: 30 minutes


• Cooking time: 42 minutes


• Total time: 2.5 hours (includes frosting & cooling)

Modifications

I used butter instead of margerine. You all know how I feel about margerine.

Improvements

Not sure yet. I might make a brownie base with melted chocolate instead of syrup.

My Rating - scale of 1-10

• PITA Rating: 2 (I did have to make frosting.)
• Difficulty Rating: 2
• Recipe Complexity (over a basic no-frills brownie): 4
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