When going over our list of desserts of Thanksgiving it was brought to my attention that we lacked anything with chocolate. That was not acceptable, so I dug out this chocolate masterpiece that I have wanted to try for a while. I plan on making them for a few Christmas parties in the near future. Enjoy!
Makes 15 servings ~ Prep 15 min. ~ Bake 40 min.
Brownies:
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup butter
- 1 (4-once) semisweet chocolate baking bar, chopped
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 & 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 (10.5 oz) bag of mini marshmellowsChocolate Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 (16 oz) pack of powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Brownie Instructions:
- Place pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until toasted
- Microwave 1 cup butter and semisweet chocolate in a large microwave safe glass bowl at HIGH for 1 minute or until melted and smooth, stirring every 30 seconds
- Whisk sugar and next 5 ingrediants into chocolate mixture. Pour batter into a greased 15x10x1 inch jelly-roll pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. (This is a good time to make the chocolate frosting) Remove from oven, and sprinkle evenly with miniture marshmellows. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Drizzle warm cake with chocolate frosting and sprinkle evenly with toasted pecans.
Chocolate Frosting:
- Stir together first three ingrediants in a medium sauce pan over medium heat until butter is melted. Cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla at medium to high speed with electric mixer until smooth.
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