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Chocolate Mint Brownies, with my notes

original from Joy of Baking website

Brownie Layer:

1/2 cup (113 grams unsalte! butter, cut into pieces" ounces (11" grams !ark chocolate, coarsely choppe! (# use!$charffen Berger%&'

1 1/" cups (2& grams granulate! white sugar

1 teaspoon pure )anilla e*tract2 large eggs

1/2 cup (+& grams all purpose flour

1/" teaspoon salt

Mint Layer:

2 tablespoons (2% grams unsalte! butter, at room temperature

1 cup (11 grams confectioners (pow!ere! or icing sugar, sifte!1 tablespoon nonfat reek yogurt (this was hea)y cream in the original recipe

1/2 teaspoon pure peppermint e*tract or 1-2 tablespoons cr.me !e menthegreen foo! coloring (optional (# use! a mi* of blue an! yellow pow!ere! foo! coloring

Chocolate Glaze:

3 ounces (& grams semisweet chocolate, choppe! (0ere, # use! $charffen Berger +&'

1 tablespoon (1" grams unsalte! butter

reheat o)en to 32 !egrees (1& !egrees C an! place the rack in the center of theo)en4 0a)e rea!y a * inch (23 * 23 cm s5uare baking pan that has been line! withparchment paper across the bottom an! up two opposite si!es of the pan, like a sling4

(6ou can also use buttere! aluminum foil for this, but # like parchment because for me, it

tears less an! is easier to work with4 $et asi!e4

Brownies7 #n a stainless steel (heatproof bowl place! o)er a saucepan of simmering

water, melt the butter an! chocolate4 8emo)e from heat an! stir in the sugar an! )anilla

e*tract4 9!! the eggs, one at a time, beating well (with a woo!en spoon after eacha!!ition4 $tir in the flour an! salt an! beat, with a woo!en spoon, until the batter is

smooth an! glossy an! comes away from the si!es of the pan (about one minute4 our

the brownie batter e)enly into the prepare! pan4

Bake in the preheate! o)en for about 2 minutes or until the brownies start to pull away

from the si!es of the pan an! the e!ges of the brownies are :ust beginning to brown4 9toothpick inserte! in the center of the brownies will come out almost clean4 8emo)e from

o)en an! place on a wire rack to completely cool4

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Mint ;ayer7 #n the bowl of your electric mi*er, or with a han! mi*er, beat all the

ingre!ients until smooth4 9!! a few !rops of green foo! coloring if you want the frostinggreen4 #f the frosting is too thick, a!! a little e*tra cream4 (