Every major holiday my sister-in-law and I try to make a dessert that goes along with the holiday. Here is one from a past Thanksgiving::
This was one of our early creations a few years back. Let me tell you coloring the frosting was not an easy task. But I think the end result turned out well for one of our first creations. Definitely a little heavy on the icing, but if you like a sugar rush it was great!
So our creation for this Easter 2011 was a step or two up on the difficulty level. We decided to go with some brownie petit fours. They were super good, and generally easy to make! So here we go!
Ingredients::
24 brownie squares (1 inch), split–recipe below
1 tub cool whip thawed
2 squares BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup whipping cream
24 flower candies–found at most baking supply stores. We found ours here.
Brownie Recipe::
Ingredients::
1 cup(2 sticks) butter
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
3/4 cup Hersheys Special Dark Cocoa
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions:
1.Heat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Grease a 13x9x2 baking pan.
2. Place butter in large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave 2 to 2-1/2 minutes or until melted. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well with spoon after each addition. Add cocoa; beat until well blended. Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat well. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. About 36 brownies.
Petit Four Directions::
1. Split each brownie in half.
2. Fill each brownie with cool whip so they are about 1/2 inch thick with cool whip.
3. Melt chocolate in a double boiler. Be careful on this step. Melt on low heat to slowly melt the chocolate otherwise it will burn. After the chocolate is melted turn off the heat on the stove and slowly mix in the whipping cream until combined well.
4. Spoon a small amount of melted chocolate onto each brownie.
5. Top each brownie with a candy flower.
Here is the finished product!
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