Bourbon Caramel Brownie Sundae

I can sum up these Bourbon Brownies with one word---- AWESOME!

Cheesecake Brownies

Two of my favorite desserts combined..... brownies and cheesecake.  

Hershey's Spread Mint Brownies

Yum

For tonight's dessert I made a new brownie combination.  I am gearing up for St Patty's day with these mint brownies.  I just love the green icing peeking out from under the chocolate icing.

Amish Apple Brownies

We had an eventful ending to last week to say the least.  Cally was on her way home from school on Thursday and while at a stand still on the highway she was rear ended.  Needless to say poor Cally was a little bit freaked out by it all.  It being her first car accident and that she was by herself and 2 hours from home.  I was not faring any better as I felt helpless being so far away and her being so upset.  It all ended up ok.  Cally does have a concussion and whip lash but she has gotten meds and is on the mend.  I have had a good weekend with having both the kids home.  It is so nice to sit down in the evening in front of the fire with all 4 of us watching TV and playing on our computers.

I entered my Strawberry Champagne Cake over on the Gooseberry Patch in the bog hop last week and it received the most votes and is now featured on their blog page.  My Steak Burrito Bowl is also featured further down on the blog post.  There sure are a lot of good dishes featured over there,  click here to go to Gooseberry's Patch blog.

This Amish Apple Brownie is a family favorite of ours.  Cally made this several years ago for a competition at the county fair and she won 4th place.

They remind me of a blond brownie but with a cinnamon spice taste and nutty.  They are super moist and really good.  It is one of those things that you start eating and want to eat the whole pan.  The recipe called for it to be baked in a 9 x 9 pan but I baked mine in a 9 inch round pan.  I also increased my baking time by 10 minutes because it was not all the way done in the middle.

Amish Apple Brownies

1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs, well beaten
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoons salt
2 cups chopped apples
1 3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cups pecans
Vanilla Glaze
1 cup powder sugar
1 tablespoon hot water
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

In a large mixing bowl cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla with mixer.  Combine dry ingredients and add to butter mixture.  Mix until flour is moistened.  Fold in apples and nuts.  Spread in greased 9x9 baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Drizzle warm brownies with vanilla glaze.

BYU Mint Brownies

Happy St. Patty's Day.... We had another nice spring day in Ohio.  This week the trees have bloomed and boy has my allergies gone crazy.  If you have allergies and live in Ohio you are probably miserable right now.

Bill and Billy worked on the new landscaping today.  They got the grass planted and the flower bed is all done too.  Hopefully soon I will be showing you pictures of grass.

We are going to build a fire pit in the center of this area.  I can not wait for it all to be done so we can build a fire in the evening and just sit out back and relax!

Cally said she was the supervisor today.

Back to these really minty brownies.  This recipe came from the blog, The Girl Who Ate Everything.  The green center icing is mint flavored and then chocolate brownie on the bottom and chocolate icing on the top.  And they were oh so good!

I did make a change in her brownie recipe as I added 1 tsp vanilla and then I also made my own chocolate frosting.  You can make your own frosting or as she said you can use can icing as well.

BYU Mint Brownies

adapted from: The Girl Who Ate Everything

1 C butter, softened

1/2 C cocoa

2 Tbsp honey

4 eggs

2 C white sugar

1 3/4 C flour

1/2 Tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1 C chopped walnuts or pecans (I used walnuts)

Melt butter and mix in cocoa.  Allow to cool.  Add honey, eggs, vanilla, sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well.  Add nuts.  Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.  Cool

Mint Icing

5 Tbsp butter

dash salt

3 Tbsp milk

1 Tbsp light corn syrup

2 1/3 C powdered sugar

1/2 tsp peppermint extract

1-2 drops green food coloring

Prepare mint icing: soften butter.  Add salt, corn syrup and powdered sugar.  Beat until smooth and fluffy.  Add mint extract and food coloring.  Mix.  Add milk gradually until the consistency is a little thinner than cake frosting.  Spread on top of the brownies.

Chocolate Icing

2 C powdered sugar

1/3 C milk chocolate chips, melted

1/3 C cocoa powder

6 Tbsp milk

1 tsp vanilla

Melt chocolate chips.  Mix together powdered sugar, melted chocolate chips, cocoa powder, vanilla and milk until smooth.  Spread on top of mint layer and enjoy!

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