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Irish Coffee Brownies (the easy way) with chocolate-coffee or mint-
chocolate frosting
1 box of your favorite brownie mix water, eggs and oil as specified
on box -- only for Irish coffee brownies you are going to switch the
water to Irish Whiskey (Jameson)
Bake the brownies according to the box instructions.
Cool.
Chocolate-coffee or mint chocolate frosting for your brownies
6 oz of deep, dark chocolate. (60% cocao or stronger), finely diced
3 oz of heavy cream
1 Tbl of instant coffee granules or 2 tsp of mint flavoring
Heat the cream in a small saucepan. As the cream begins to form
bubbles on the edges put in the chocolate and coffee granules and
stir until it melts and the coffee dissolves. Do this off heat so it
doesn't scorch the cream or the chocolate. If it doesn't completely
dissolve, put back on the heat momentarily to get it warm enough to
heat the mixture so you can be sure it will all melt. This makes a
chocolate-coffee glaze. You can put this on the cool brownies earlier
in the day and it will form a solid frosting or you can wait and pour
it warm over the sliced brownies and it will be more like a luscious
sauce. I opt for the latter if I can.
You can also serve a la mode. Mint ice cream would be in keeping with
the holiday. You can also use 2 tsp of mint flavoring if you want
chocolate-mint frosting instead of chocolate-coffee. In this case
leave out the coffee granules.
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Rhonda G in Missouri
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