Black Forest Brownies

Ingredients

• 1⅓ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup baking cocoa
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 cup sugar
• 1½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1 cup chopped maraschino cherries
• ½ cup chopped nuts
• ¼ cup icing butter or margarine, softened
• 1 tsp icing vanilla extract
• 2 cup icing confectioners' sugar
• 6 tbsp icing baking cocoa
• ¼ cup icing milk
• ¼ cup icing chopped nuts

Method

1. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Remove from the heat and stir in the cocoa until smooth. Blend in the eggs, sugar and extracts. Stir in the flour mixture, cherries and nuts.
2. Pour into a greased 13-in x 9-in x 2-in baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until the brownies test done.
3. For icing, blend the butter, vanilla, sugar, cocoa and milk until smooth; spread over the hot brownies. Sprinkle with nuts. Cool.

Notes

Yield: 3 dozen. From Toni Reeves, Medicine Hat, Alberta.

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The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.

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