Chocolate Mocha Almond Brownies Food

DECADENT MOCHA CHEESECAKE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a square 9-inch baking pan with foil. Grease foil with cooking spray.
• Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large mixing bowl until smooth and light. Add egg; beat until smooth. Set cheesecake layer aside.
• Beat sugar and butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in cocoa powder and coffee granules.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together onto a large piece of waxed paper. Add all at once to the chocolate mixture; stir until blended. Add vanilla extract. Set 1/3 cup of batter aside in a small bowl; stir in milk. Fold chocolate chips and almonds into the remaining batter.
• Pour larger portion of batter into the prepared pan. Carefully spread cream cheese mixture on top. Drop teaspoonfuls of reserved batter over the cream cheese layer. Run a clean knife through the batter and cheesecake to create swirls.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheesecake is set and a toothpick inserted halfway to the center of the pan comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE - MOCHA FROSTED BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
• Line a 13 x 9 cake pan with parchment paper and grease.
• Melt butter in a saucepan.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract. Add eggs, melted butter and hot water and mix until smooth.Add chocolate chips and nuts.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 20-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• While cake is baking make the frosting. Mix butter, chopped chocolate, syrup and coffee and heat in a double boiler until melted. Stir until smooth.
• Cool cake and then frost.

MOCHA BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick baking spray.
• For the brownie batter: Place the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30-second increments, being careful not to let it burn. Set it aside to cool slightly.
• In a medium mixing bowl, cream the butter and granulated sugar. Beat in the eggs. With the mixer on low speed, drizzle in the melted chocolate. Add the vanilla extract and mix. Add the flour to the bowl and mix just until combined; do not over mix.
• Pour the batter in the prepared baking pan. Spread it to even out the surface. Bake until the center is no longer soft, 40 to 45 minutes. Set the brownies aside to cool completely before icing.
• For the icing: In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, salt and vanilla. Mix until slightly combined, then add 1/2 cup of the coffee. Whip until the icing is light and fluffy. If the icing is overly thick, add 1/4 cup more coffee. It should be very light and fluffy.
• Ice the cooled brownies, spreading the icing on thick. Refrigerate until the icing is firm, and then slice the brownies into squares.

CHOCOLATE MOCHA-ICED BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, coffee, and brown sugar. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg, almond extract, water, and cake mix and beat until smooth. Stir in almonds.
• Turn batter into prepared pan and smooth to edges. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until tester comes out clean. Cool completely before icing.
• For icing: In a small mixing bowl, beat butter with powdered sugar, adding the sugar 1 cup at a time, until light and fluffy. Beat in espresso powder and chocolate syrup until smooth.
• Ice brownies and cut into squares.

PEPPERMINT MOCHA BROWNIES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except baking chips together.
• Use cooking spray to grease bottom only of a 9X13 pan.
• Spread dough in pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Just as soon as you pull pan from oven, spread pkg of baking chips on top of hot brownies.
• Wait 5 minutes, and smooth top of brownies.
• It takes approx 1 hour for top to set up.

DARK CHOCOLATE MOCHA BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine brown sugar and butter. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add coffee and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; add to sugar mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate. Spread into a greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
• For frosting, combine the butter, sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Gradually stir in sugar until frosting is smooth and reaches desired consistency. Frost brownies. Sprinkle with grated chocolate.

MOCHA BROWNIES

Steps:

• Brownies: In a medium sauce pan combine granulated sugar, butter, cocoa powder, and instant coffee.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until butter melts.
• Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Beat lightly by hand to combine.
• Be careful not to over mix.
• Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Stir in walnuts if you are using them.
• Spread the batter into a greased (9x9x2 in) baking pan.
• Bake in a preheated 350* oven for 24 minutes, or until set.
• Cool pan on a rack.
• Frosting: In a mixing bowl beat butter until fluffy.
• Add cocoa powder.
• Gradually add 1 c.
• of the confectioners sugar and beat well.
• Slowly beat in 2 tbs of the milk and the vanilla.
• Slowly beat in remaining sugar.
• Beat in additional milk, if necessary, to make the frosting spreading consistancy.
• Once brownies are cooled, spread frosting over brownies.
• Cut into bars.

MOCHA ALMOND CHEESECAKE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar until light. Beat in one egg until creamy. Set aside.
• Cream butter with remaining sugar. Beat in 2 eggs, one at a time, until fluffy. Beat in cocoa and coffee.
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt on waxed paper. Add, all at once, to chocolate mixture. Stir until well blended. Add vanilla, set 1/3 cup of batter aside.
• Fold chips and almonds into remaining batter; pour into a greased 9-inch square baking pan. Spoon cheese mixture over batter. Stir milk into reserved batter.
• Making four rows, spoon 12 teaspoons of reserved batter on top of cheesecake mixture; run knife through each row to create heart-like shapes.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes.

FUDGY MOCHA-TOFFEE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Coat bottom and sides of 9-inch baking dish with cooking spray. (I don't have a 9-inch baking dish, I used an 8X8 glass dish, and it worked for us since we like our brownies a little wet, we think it's more decadent that way!).
• Combine coffee and hot water and stir until coffee is dissolved.
• Combine butter and chocolate chips in microwaveable dish and heat on high for 1 minute until butter melts, then stir until this mixture is smooth.
• Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in large bowl, stirring with a whisk.
• Combine coffee mixture, butter mixture, vanilla and eggs in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk.
• Add coffee mixture with flour mixture; stir just until combined.
• Spread evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with toffee chips.
• Bake at 350F for 22 minutes, cool on wire rack. Cut into squares when competely cooled. We like to refrigerate them before cutting.

ALMOND BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate syrup and extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to chocolate mixture., Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (brownies may appear moist). Cool on a wire rack., For frosting, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and 1 cup whipped topping; stir until smooth. Cool. Fold in extract and remaining whipped topping. Spread over cooled brownies. Sprinkle with almonds. Store in the refrigerator.,