Ingredients
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1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
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1/3 cup hershey cocoa powder (regular-type, dry)
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2 cups sugar
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1 cup water or 1 cup coffee
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2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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2 slightly beaten eggs
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1/2 cup buttermilk
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1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
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1/4 cup butter
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3 tablespoons hershey cocoa powder (regular type, dry)
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3 tablespoons buttermilk
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2 1/4 cups powdered sugar (confectioners')
Instructions
- 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.