Peppermint Brownies
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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36
ingredients
- 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
directions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees fahrenheit.
- Butter and flour a 13 X 9 inch glass baking dish.
- Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in vanilla and peppermint extracts.
- Add eggs and beat until well blended.
- Stir in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; blend well.
- Reserve 2 cups batter.
- Spread remaining batter in prepared pan.
- Arrange the dinner mints 1/2 inch apart in single layer over batter.
- Spread reserved 2 cups batter over the mints.
- Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
- Cool completely in pan.
- Cut into squares.
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Reviews
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I had some difficulties baking these brownies with consistency. Though I followed instructions and cooked at indicated temp. I found that the top layer was a little charred by the time the inside was done. ?? They were pretty good, just not pretty, once I pulled off the top layer. Will hopefully give it another go soon, as I love peppermints!
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I love chocolate and mint and these brownies I enjoyed. Did not add the additional peppermint extract and gave the mints a rough chop before adding them to the brownie mixute. I lost track when counting the mints so added enough to pretty much cover the top. This would be a wonderful dessert topped with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, and more chopped mints.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.