Frosted Buttermilk Brownies Food

BUTTERMILK BROWNIES

Steps:

• For the brownies, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with softened butter; set the pan aside. Heat the butter, cocoa powder, vegetable oil, and water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and allow to cool just until warm; set aside. Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl; set aside. Combine the granulated sugar, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Whisk to combine. Add the cooled cocoa mixture. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake for about 20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. For the frosting, combine the butter, buttermilk, and cocoa powder in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Remove from the heat. Combine the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Slowly add the buttermilk mixture to the sugar mixture, beating with an electric mixer on medium speed. Continue beating until smooth and creamy. Allow to cool completely. After the brownies have cooled, spread the frosting evenly over the top.

FROSTED FUDGE BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter. Remove from the heat. Stir in cocoa; cool. In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar until blended. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in vanilla and the cooled chocolate mixture until well blended. , Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-28 minutes (do not overbake). Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, in a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in cocoa and vanilla. Add enough milk for the frosting to achieve spreading consistency. Spread over brownies. Cut into bars.

BUTTERMILK BROWNIES WITH FROSTING

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In medium saucepan, combine 1 cup butter, 1 cup water, and 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa.
• Bring mixture just to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Add chocolate mixture to dry ingredients and beat until thoroughly combined.
• Add eggs, the 1/2 cup buttermilk, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Beat for 1 minute (batter will be thin).
• Pour batter into greased and floured 15x10x1 baking pan. Bake at 350F for about 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• FROSTING:.
• In medium saucepan, combine 1/4 cup butter, 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, and 3 tablespoons buttermilk. Bring to boiling; remove from heat. Add powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Beat til smooth. Pour warm frosting over warm brownies, spreading evenly. Cool in pan on wire rack, then cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring butter, cocoa and water just to a boil. Cool. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour and baking soda and salt. Pour over dry ingredients; mix well. , Add buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, and food coloring if desired. Mix until well combined. Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. , For frosting, melt butter, cocoa and buttermilk in a saucepan. Stir in the sugar, vanilla and salt. Spread over warm cake. Top with nuts if desired.

FROSTED BUTTERMILK BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bring the water to a low boil; add the butter and the 4 tbsp of cocoa.
• In a mixing bowl combine the brownie dry ingredients and the sugar.
• Slowly mix in the water/butter/cocoa mixture.
• Whisk the egg and buttermilk together, and quickly add to the batter.
• Mix until combined, making sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• Grease and dust with cocoa a half sheet pan (restaurant supply style), or line with parchment paper.
• Pour batter into the pan and tap the edge of the pan to settle the batter out.
• Bake for about 20 min or until brownies test done.
• You may need to turn the pan once half way through to even out the cooking, depending on your oven. I do just out of habit.
• To make frosting, combine all the frosting ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix until smooth and creamy.
• Put frosting in the fridge until you are ready to frost. It is easier to frost if it is a little cool.
• Bring it out of the fridge and let it come up to almost room temperature (Should be spreadable, but soft like room temperature butter).
• Remove brownies from the oven and allow them to cool completely before frosting.
• Cut with a clean knife and enjoy.
• To make a cake, doubling the recipe yields enough batter to fill 2 9-inch round cake pans. I highly recommend using parchment on the bottom and greasing the side to get the best results when you try to remove the cake from the pan.

BUTTERMILK BROWNIES

Steps:

• Bring to a boil the oil, margarine, water and cocoa.
• Pour this over the sifted flour, sugar and salt mixture.
• To this add buttermilk, baking soda, eggs and vanilla.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured jelly roll pan.
• (Mixture will be thin.)
• Bake at 375 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes.
• Frosting: Boil the margarine, cocoa and buttermilk together one minute.
• Add sugar and vanilla.
• Beat.
• Stir in nuts.
• Spread on cooled brownies.

BUTTERMILK BROWNIES

Steps:

• Brownies: In saucepan combine butter, cocoa, 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water (first four ingredients).
• Bring to boil; stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• In large mixing bowl, blend together flour, soda and salt.
• In small bowl combine buttermilk, eggs and vanilla; whisk lightly with a fork.
• Pour buttermilk mixture into dry ingredients; mix until smooth.
• Add cocoa mixture gradually with mixer on low setting.
• Mix until well blended (flour and buttermilk mixture will be thick and likely need to be scraped from sides of bowl to blend thoroughly).
• Pour into greased 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 2 1/4 baking dish.
• Bake at 375 deg F for 25 minutes; test with toothpick.
• Immediately pour Frosting over brownies; spread evenly.
• (Brownies will be very tender so spread gently.) Cool; cut into bars and serve.
• Frosting: In saucepan, mix 1/4 cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa and 3 tablespoons buttermilk.
• Cook and stir till boiling (mixture will be slightly curdled); remove from heat.
• Beat in 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
• Fold in English walnuts.

BUTTERMILK BROWNIES

Steps:

• Grease a 15x10x1-inch or a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
• In a medium saucepan combine the 1 cup butter, water, and the 1/3 cup cocoa powder.
• Bring mixture just to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Add the chocolate mixture to the flour mixture; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined.
• Add the eggs, 1/2 cup buttermilk, and 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla.
• Beat for 1 minute (batter will be thin).
• Pour batter into the prepared pan, spreading evenly.
• Bake brownies in a 350 degree F oven about 25 minutes for the 15x10x1-inch pan, 35 minutes for the 13x9x2-inch pan, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan combine the 1/4 cup butter, the 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, and the 3 tablespoons buttermilk.
• Bring mixture to boiling.
• Remove from heat.
• Add powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
• Beat until smooth.
• If desired, stir in pecans.
• Pour warm frosting over the warm brownies, spreading evenly.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Cut into bars.
• Makes 24 brownies.

BUTTERMILK BROWNIES

Steps:

• In saucepan, combine cocoa and 1 cup water- Bring to a boil, stir constantly, then remove from heat.
• In large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
• Stir in eggs, buttermilk and vanilla.
• Add warm cocoa mixture to dry mixture; mix until blended.
• Pour only 1/2 of the mixture into a greased pan; set aside.
• For filling: soften cream cheese and margarine; beat together.
• Add sugar, eggs, flour and vanilla; beat until smooth.
• Pour all cream mixture on top of brownie mixture.
• Spoon on the remaining brownie batter.
• Pull a knife through the batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes ONLY (even if it doesn't look done).
• For frosting: melt margarine in pan.
• Stir in cocoa until dissolved.
• Add powdered sugar, buttermilk and vanilla- Stir and frost.