Peppermint Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 24 after eight dinner chocolate-covered mint candies
• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (optional)
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup good-quality cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 325 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 butter and flour a 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish.
• 3 cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 beat in vanilla and peppermint extracts.
• 5 add eggs and beat until well blended.
• 6 stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; blend well.
• 7 reserve 2 cups batter.
• 8 spread remaining batter in prepared pan.
• 9 arrange the dinner mints 1/2 inch apart in single layer over batter.
• 10 spread reserved 2 cups batter over the mints.
• 11 bake 45 to 50 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
• 12 cool completely in pan.
• 13 cut into squares.