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Halloween: Halloween Three-Decker Brownies

Source of Recipe


From "Farm Journal Homemade Cookies"



List of Ingredients



• -- First Layer --
  
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
  
• ½ cup butter
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 2 eggs, beaten
  
• ½ tsp vanilla
  
• ½ cup sifted flour
  
• ½ cup chopped pecans
  
• .
  
• -- Second Layer --
  
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  
• 2 Tbsp soft butter
  
• 2 tsp milk
  
• ½ tsp vanilla
  
• 3 or 4 drops orange food color (or use mixture of yellow and red to make orange)
  
• .
  
• -- Third Layer --
  
• ¼ square unsweetened chocolate
  
• 1½ tsp butter
  






Instructions



1. To make first layer:
   Combine chocolate and butter; melt over hot water.
   Beat in sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in flour and nuts. Bake in greased 8-inch square pan in 325° oven 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan on rack.
   
   
2. To make second layer:
   Combine confectioners' sugar, butter, milk and vanilla to make a smooth mixture. Tint orange with food color. Spread over brownies in pan. Chill 10 minutes.
   
   
3. To make third layer:
   Combine chocolate and butter; melt over hot water. Drizzle from small spoon over top of brownies. Cool in pan on rack, and cut into 2-inch squares.
   
   Makes 16