In order to brighten up your Monday, I’ve decided to share a chocolate treat with you. I made this for the Auburn game and they are a chocolatey, rich, but not too filling brownie. The chocolate brownie is topped with mint buttercream frosting and a spread of chocolate ganache.
The original recipe can be found here at Sally’s Baking Addiction, but I made a change with the chocolate ganache. Rather than melt chocolate chips, I used baker’s chocolate and heavy cream with a smidge of butter.
Ingredients:
Brownies
1 cup unsalted butter
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 and 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup + 3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
Mint Frosting Layer
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
1 and 1/4 teaspoons peppermint extract
1 drop liquid or gel green food coloring
Chocolate Layer
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 cup heavy cream
12 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
Instructions:
- Move oven rack to lower 3rd position and preheat oven to 350 degrees.