Frosted Buttermilk Brownies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 lb unsalted butter
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 lb unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 lb powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 bring the water to a low boil; add the butter and the 4 tbsp of cocoa.
• 3 in a mixing bowl combine the brownie dry ingredients and the sugar.
• 4 slowly mix in the water/butter/cocoa mixture.
• 5 whisk the egg and buttermilk together, and quickly add to the batter.
• 6 mix until combined, making sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• 7 grease and dust with cocoa a half sheet pan (restaurant supply style), or line with parchment paper.
• 8 pour batter into the pan and tap the edge of the pan to settle the batter out.
• 9 bake for about 20 min or until brownies test done.
• 10 you may need to turn the pan once half way through to even out the cooking, depending on your oven. i do just out of habit.
• 11 to make frosting, combine all the frosting ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix until smooth and creamy.
• 12 put frosting in the fridge until you are ready to frost. it is easier to frost if it is a little cool.
• 13 bring it out of the fridge and let it come up to almost room temperature (should be spreadable, but soft like room temperature butter).
• 14 remove brownies from the oven and allow them to cool completely before frosting.
• 15 cut with a clean knife and enjoy.
• 16 to make a cake, doubling the recipe yields enough batter to fill 2 9-inch round cake pans. i highly recommend using parchment on the bottom and greasing the side to get the best results when you try to remove the cake from the pan.