Grandmother's Kitchen

Layered Brownies

Layered Brownies

Ingredients

Brownie

  • 1 c butter, melted
  • 2 c sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa
  • 1 c flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 lb powdered sugar
  • 1 stick butter/margarine at room temperature
  • 1 package cream cheese (8 oz) at room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Chocolate Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 stick butter or margarine, melted
  • 2-4 Tbsp evaporated milk
  • 1 oz semi-sweet chocolate, melted

Directions

For the brownies

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Grease 13x9 baking pan. Stir together butter, sugar, vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add cocoa, flour, baking powder, salt; beat until well blended. Pour batter into pan and bake 30-35 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from the sides and toothpick tester comes out clean. Cool completely.

For the Frosting

  1. Beat together butter, cream cheese, vanilla, Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until you have used it all and the frosting is smooth. Pour over cooled brownies and chill.

For the Glaze

  1. Melt chocolate and butter in double broiler, mix with powdered sugar and add milk one tbsp at a time. Try not to make the glaze too wet. Drizzle over brownies when well mixed.

Original source: whatmegansmaking.com