Ingredients
For Brownies:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 tablespoons water
- 1 box moist chocolate devil's food cake mix
- 1 cup slivered almonds, toasted
For Icing:
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar, divided
- 1 1/2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
- 1/2 cup chocolate syrup
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Spray a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, coffee, and brown sugar. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg, almond extract, water, and cake mix and beat until smooth. Stir in almonds.
Turn batter into prepared pan and smooth to edges. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until tester comes out clean. Cool completely before icing.
For icing: In a small mixing bowl, beat butter with powdered sugar, adding the sugar 1 cup at a time, until light and fluffy. Beat in espresso powder and chocolate syrup until smooth.
Ice brownies and cut into squares.
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By 1sealover_2745848
Wheaton, IL
on July 13, 2011
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The batter did look difficult to spread into the baking dish, so I added about 3 tablespoons of half and half. I sprayed a rubber spatula with cooking spray to get it evenly distributed. I also used 1/2 teaspoon of amaretto instead of the almond extract. I used a slightly smaller pan so they weren't so flat, and baked them only 25 minutes. Half the amount of frosting is plenty.
Would make these again---a nice twist on boring brownies.
By twnky101_11763653
San Jose, CA
on January 04, 2010
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if you use a smaller pan these brownies come out soooooo good i didn't even make the icing the brownies are good enough on their own
By cbnasti_6723720
Phoenix, AZ
on February 22, 2009
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This is the second time I've made these brownies. Like the flavor OK, but am I doing something wrong? Are you all using a 13x9 pan? Seems too flat. Maybe a smaller baking dish so the brownies get taller? And they seem tough or just didn't raise enough. And should I add more milk/water to make it easier to spread? Help with this one please. I'd like to make it correctly and have it come out right. P.S. Anything with powdered sugar in frosting I use less than half of what's called for or it is way too sweet. I noticed others felt the same way.
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