Ultimate Chocolate Brownies

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Title: Ultimate Chocolate Brownies
Categories: Squares, Cookies
Yield: 15 servings

Judy bowen wssn92a
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3/4 c Hershey's cocoa
1/2 ts Baking soda
2/3 c Butter; melted and divided
1/2 c Boiling water
2 c Sugar
2 Eggs
1 1/3 c Flour
1 ts Vanilla
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Mint or reg chocolate chips
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Frosting-----------
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6 tb Butter
1/2 c Hershey's cocoa
2 2/3 c Confectioners sugar
1/3 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 13 x 9 x 2" pan. In medium bowl, combine
cocoa
and baking soda; blend in 1/3 c melted butter. Add the boiling water;
stir
until mixture thickens. Stir in sugar, eggs and remaining 1/3 c melted
butter; stir until smooth. Add flour, vanilla and salt; blend
completely.
Stir in chocolate chips; pour into prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes or
until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely;
frost
with Buttercream frosting. Cut into squares. Buttercream Frosting: Cream
butter in small mixing bowl; add cocoa and sugar alternately with milk.
Beat to spreading consistency; blend in vanilla. These won 2nd place in
the
1989 Del Mar Fair Kids Cookie Contest.

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