Simple Brownies with Chocolate Frosting

Name: Simple Brownies with Chocolate Frosting
Prep time: 1 h 56 min
Cook time: 1 h 56 min
Total time: 1 h 56 min
Yield: 180
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 113 grams unsweetened chocolate baking bar, chopped; 177 milliliters butter; 4 larges eggs; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 355 milliliters coarsely chopped pecans; 473 milliliters sugar

The recipe Simple Brownies with Chocolate Frosting is ready in approximately 1 hour and 56 minutes and is definitely a spectacular vegetarian option for lovers of American food. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 180. One serving contains 28 calories, 0g of protein, and 2g of fat. It works well as an inexpensive dessert. A mixture of chocolate baking bar, butter, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant.

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Pecans

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Oven

Frying Pan

Microwave chocolate and butter in a large microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30-second intervals.

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Chocolate

Butter

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Microwave

Bowl

Whisk in sugar and eggs until well blended. Stir in flour.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

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Whisk

Spread batter into a greased 13- x 9-inch pan.

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Spread

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Frying Pan

Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.

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Oven

Prepare Chocolate Frosting.

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Chocolate Frosting

Pour over warm brownies; spread to edges.

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Spread

Sprinkle with pecans.

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Pecans

Let cool 1 hour on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Cut into squares.

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