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Sweetheart Brownies

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Ruthanne

Easy cutout brownies decorated like Sweethearts Candy. A fun Valentine project that your kids will love!

Ingredients:

2 boxes of Little Debbie Fudge brownies
Wiltons Candy melts in as many colors as you want…like:
Yellow
Pink
Blue
Purple
You will need about 2 (14oz) bags total.

Directions:

Unwrap brownies and use a small heart shaped cookie cutter to cut two hearts from each brownie (recipe makes 24 hearts).
Melt Wilton Candy Melts in the microwave in 30 second increments until melted and smooth.
Cover each brownie in candy melts and using a fork tap off excess and place on parchment paper to harden. (picture of this process)
Melt red candy melts and place in a ziptop bag. Clip a corner and pipe saying on the top of each heart (you could use frosting and cake decorator tips for this as well).
Allow hearts to harden and ENJOY!

My thoughts: Wondering what to do with the extra brownie pieces? Put them in a ziptop bag to keep them soft and use them to make brownie sundaes— yum! Two desserts for the price of one! Happy Valentines Day friends!

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Cookie Cutter Brownies

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Ruthanne

Make a dessert that everyone will love at your holiday parties! Brownies cut into shapes and dipped in white chocolate— so. much. FUN!!!!

INGREDIENTS:

1c. butter
2c. sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
1/2c. cocoa
1/2tsp. salt
1c. milk
1 1/2 bags of Wiltons Candy Melts (in whatever colors you want!)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350.
Cream butter and sugar together.
Beat in eggs, cocoa, vanilla and salt.
Add flour and milk (alternating them and mixing well in between)
Spread evenly in greased jelly roll pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until done in center and just starting to pull away from sides.
Cool completely
Using a sharp cookie cutter, cut small shapes out of the brownies. (I just used my finger to gently push the brownie out of the cutter and onto a cutting board.

Place excess brownie pieces into a freezer bag and freeze for another day (we are having brownie sundaes later this week!) 🙂
Melt each color of candy melt in separate bowls, microwaving for 30 second increments and stirring in between until smooth.
GENTLY set brownie cut-out into melted chocolate and scoop chocolate over the top. Lift out with fork and tap excess chocolate off. Place on parchment paper to harden.

Decorate with sprinkles or by drizzling candy melts over the top.

My thoughts: These are SO much fun to make!!! The brownies are very easy to cut into shapes- its a good “cake- like” brownie recipe (you would not want to use a fudge brownie with this!) The hardest part is dipping them in the candy melts. Its not NEARLY as difficult as those crazy cake-pops, but you do have to be gentle and really keep your fork and bowl edge clean as crumbs can get into the melted chocolate and ruin the texture of it. If you want to skip the chocolate coating part you could easily just decorate these cute little brownies with frosting too! Enjoy!

Dedicating this recipe to all the people in my life who serve or have served our country in the military— THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This recipe was shared on these wonderful blogs:

Bacon Time, Somewhat Simple, Fireflies and Jelly beans, Little Brick Ranch, Sweet as Sugar Cookies, Pinch of this, that and the other, Something Swanky, Two Maids a Milking

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Mint Creme Brownies

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Ruthanne

If you like mint with your chocolate these brownies are the recipe for you! Rich and chewy, these brownies are topped with a creamy mint layer and rich chocolate.

INGREDIENTS:

BROWNIE:

1cup butter
2 cup sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

MINT FROSTING:

5 cups powdered sugar
8 tablespoons melted butter
2 teaspoons peppermint extract
green food coloring (to desired shade of green)

CHOCOLATE GLAZE:

12oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
12 tablespoons butter (do not substitute margarine here!)

DIRECTIONS:

BROWNIE:

Preheat oven to 350.
Cream butter and sugar together.
Beat in eggs, cocoa, vanilla and salt.
Add flour and milk (alternating them and mixing well in between)
Spread evenly in greased jelly roll pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until done in center and just starting to pull away from sides.
Cool.

MINT FROSTING:

Add melted butter to sugar and extract.
Mix well, using water to bring it to a thick but spreadable consistency.
Add food coloring to desired shade of green.
Spread over cooled brownies and chill for a few minutes to harden up.

CHOCOLATE GLAZE:

Melt butter and chocolate together in the microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between until completely melted and smooth.
Pour over cooled mint frosting and spread evenly over top
Chill until top layer is hard and cut into bars.

Optional decorating:

Using green chocolate melts that are melted and placed in a ziplock with a corner clipped, drizzle over the top of the warm glaze.
Draw a tooth pick , knife or skewer through the chocolate- 1st one direction and then back the other to make a fun design on the top of these bars.

My thoughts: These brownies are 100% mom 🙂 I grew up enjoying these yummy treats (she always put the nuts in though and I really prefer them without!) My mom is an amazing cook and baker- these are just one of many of her recipes I love! I’ve no idea where she got this recipe– I do know that its been modified throughout the years (more mint…more chocolate- YUM!) One fun twist to this is that you can color the mint layer with any color. I’ve matched shower colors with these– made orange halloween brownies….etc. REALLY fun and yummy recipe– enjoy! -r

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Here we are, six years later. We lost mom to cancer 2 years ago and we miss her SO much. When I asked dad what he wanted for his birthday this year he requested these yummy brownies. This picture was so fun, I thought I’d add it here! So thankful for the recipes that remind me of mom! ~r