I’ve been in Vermont for the past week helping out with my newest nephew, Boston. Boy is he a cutie! Besides holding him as much as possible, I have been making dinner and dessert every night. Without my recipe books and limited internet access, I had to get creative when chocolate cravings hit. Luckily, the container of Nestle baking cocoa had some DELICIOUS recipes. Here they are:
Chewy Cocoa Brownies
- 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter
- 2 Tbsp water
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup Nestle Toll House Baking Cocoa
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Combine sugar, butter and water in large bowl. Stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in medium bowl; stir into sugar mixture. Stir in nuts. Spread in to prepared baking pan. Bake for 18 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out slightly sticky. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 2 dozen brownies.
Chocolate Lover’s Frosting
- 3 cups sifted powdered sugar, divided
- 2/3 cup Nestle Toll House Baking Cocoa
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
- 5 to 6 Tbsp milk, divided
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Beat 1 cup sugar, coca, butter, 2 Tbsp milk and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in remaining sugar and milk until smooth.
(Those are the instructions, but I just used 1 cup powdered sugar and 2 Tbsp milk. It looked perfect at that point, so I stopped there. ) This made my devil’s food cake from a mix taste AMAZING. Enjoy!
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