GF Mint Brownies

My friend brought these glorious brownies to homeschool group yesterday.  (Yes, I'm still teaching in my commonwealth despite my kid going off to college early.)  I asked her if I could have the recipe... 

Yeah, she said, "It's on your blog."

Wow, It's been too long.

Baking them today!    


Reposted from 4-10-12

GF Mint Brownies (just like those from college!)

 Last Baked 4-8-12, but last posted 12-24-09

Thanks Lisa H. This is her adaptation from Cooking Light Magazine as we are still repeating GF recipes from the December 2009 pot luck. How could I bake for the holidays without that party???

Bottom Layer:

1 cup GF Flour (GFPantry's French Bread Mix)

(I used my wholegrain flour mix with 1 tsp. xanthan gum)

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup sugar

5 eggs or (2 eggs and 1/2 cup egg substitute like Egg Beaters)

1/4 cup butter melted

2 Tbsp. water

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/3 cup (16 oz.) canned Chocolate syrup
Hersheys is g-f. ***  homemade recipe link below
2 Tablespoons cocoa powder

Mix wet ingredients and add the flour mix. Bake in a 9x13 pan at 350 for about 23 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

MINT Layer:

2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup butter (softened)

2 Tbsp. milk

1/2 tsp peppermint extract

2 drops green food coloring

Beat on high until light and fluffy. Stroke over the top of the cooled brownies.

GLAZE

3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

3 TBSP butter

Combine chocolate chips and butter in a glass bowl and microwave on high one minute, stirring after 30 seconds. Let stand two minutes and spread evenly over mint layer.

chocolate syrup    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-syrup/