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1992 3rd Place: Chocolate Mint Sticks
Author/Submitted by: Jill Kaltenhaler of Homewood, Illinois,
Chicago Tribune fifth annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 3, 1992
Servings: 36
Categories:
Chocolate
/
Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1
cup
Butter,
softened
2
cups
Granulated sugar 4
Eggs 2
teaspoons
Vanilla 4
ounces
Unsweetened chocolate,
melted
1
cup
All-purpose flour,
unsifted
3/4
cup
Pecans or walnuts,
chopped
2
cups
Confectioner's sugar 4
tablespoons
Butter or margarine,
softened
2
tablespoons
Milk 1/2
teaspoon
Peppermint extract 1
drops
Green food coloring,
up to 2 drops
2
ounces
Chocolate 2
tablespoons
Butter or margarine
Directions:
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13-by-9-inch baking pan.
2.
With an electric mixer, cream the butter, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla until light, 2 minutes. Add the chocolate and mix well. Stop the mixer and fold in the flour then the nuts.
3.
Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake just until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 minutes. Cool completely.
4.
For the filling, mix all ingredients until smooth. Spread in an even layer over the cooled brownies.
5.
For the glaze, melt chocolate with butter; mix well. Pour over filling and gently tilt pan so glaze covers the entire surface. Refrigerate until glaze is set; cut into squares or sticks. For holiday cookie trays, cut the brownies into small squares and decorate them with holiday finery.
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