Mocha Brownies

As I was trying to figure out what to make this week, I realized I’ve never made brownies with frosting. I guess that’s not completely true. I’ve made brownies with peanut butter frosting and chocolate ganache and I’ve also made Texas sheet cake. But never just brownies with just some sort of frosting. I decided to do that this week. Hubby requested mocha brownies, so I upped the amount of coffee in the brownie batter and made some coffee flavored frosting.

I used my go-to brownie recipe. It never fails me. It already calls for instant coffee, so I just bumped it up to 1 Tbsp. I used 1 Tbsp in the frosting as well. These brownies had a great jolt from the caffeine and everyone seemed to enjoy them. I couldn’t wait to try these, so I frosted and cut them while they weren’t completely cool. I love that these brownies have chocolate chips in them. So when you eat them still warm, the chocolate chips are all gooey and delicious!

Check out my entire week of bars and brownies here.

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Mocha Brownies

Yield: ~36

Ingredients:

For the Brownies
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
2 1/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 1/4 cups cocoa
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp espresso powder, optional
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups chocolate chips

For the Frosting
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp milk
1 Tbsp instant coffee

Directions:

For the Brownies
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9" x 13" pan

In a saucepan set over low heat, melt the butter, then add the sugar and stir to combine. Return the mixture to the heat briefly, just until it's hot, but not bubbling; it'll become shiny looking as you stir it. Heating this mixture a second time will dissolve more of the sugar, which will yield a shiny top crust on your brownies.

Transfer the sugar mixture to a medium-sized mixing bowl, if you've heated it in a saucepan. Stir in the cocoa, salt, baking powder, espresso powder, and vanilla.

Whisk in the eggs, stirring until smooth.

Add the flour and chips, again stirring until smooth.

Spoon the batter into a lightly greased 9" x 13" pan.

Bake the brownies for about 30 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, or with just a few moist crumbs clinging to it. The brownies should feel set on the edges, and the center should look very moist, but not uncooked.

Remove them from the oven and cool completely on a rack.

For the Frosting
In a bowl cream butter and vanilla. Add powdered sugar and beat on medium speed. Dissolve instant coffee in milk and add to the mixture. Beat until lightly and fluffy.

Spread the frosting over the cooled brownies.

Brownies adapted from King Arthur
Frosting Recipe from Blog Chef

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7 Responses to “Cappuccino Toffee Brownie Cookies”

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    Fun and Fearless in Beantown — November 11, 2010 at 2:25 pm

    I read your guest post on Megan’s blog and your cookie-brownies look great! I hope you’re kicking butt in NYC!

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    Daisy — November 11, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    I just drooled over these on Megan’s blog. So glad to see your KAF purchase going to good use!!

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    Ravenous Rowie — November 11, 2010 at 9:46 pm

    Those cookies looke so so so delicious! They would be a very dangerous addition to my recipes!

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    The Small Boston Kitchen — November 11, 2010 at 10:25 pm

    You know, if you ever need anyone to unload some of these sweet treats off to, just a friendly reminder that we are neighbors! 🙂 These look awesome and I can’t wait to hear how your NYC trip goes, I know you’re crushin’ it!

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    Alison @ Ingredients, Inc. — November 12, 2010 at 11:13 am

    These look and sound amazing! So great to meet you last night in NYC! Love your site!

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    Nutmeg Nanny — November 15, 2010 at 8:11 pm

    Off to check out the recipe…yum!

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    Megan — November 17, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    Thank you so much for your guest post! The cookies look amazing!

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