Creme De Menthe Brownies

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 4 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, 1 oz squares
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsel, melted
• 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 1/4 cup half-and-half
• 1/4 cup creme de menthe, green
• 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 combine unsweetened chocolate and butter in a small, heavy saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted.
• 2 let stand 10 minutes.
• 3 beat eggs at medium speed of an electric mixer until thick and lemon colored; gradually add sugar, beating well.
• 4 add flour, salt, vanilla, and chocolate mixture; beat at low speed 1 minute.
• 5 spoon mixture into a lightly greased and floured 13x9x2 inch pan.
• 6 bake at 350f for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 7 cool 10 minutes; spread creme de menthe frosting (see below) over top.
• 8 chill at least 4 hours.
• 9 drizzle melted chocolate over frosting or pipe in desired design using metal tip no.3 or 4.
• 10 cut into bars immediately.
• 11 remove from pan, and chill at least 1 hour.
• 12 store in an airtight container in refrigerator.
• 13 yield 4 dozen.
• 14 creme de menthe frosting:
• 15 combine all ingredients except walnuts in a mixing bowl; beat at high speed of an electric mixer until smooth.
• 16 stir in walnuts.