Amaretto Brownies Supreme
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 oz semi-sweet chocolate
- 2 eggs well beaten
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup pecans coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup amaretto liqueur
Chocolate Amaretto Frosting
- 3 tlb Butter
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar sifted
- 4 1/2 tsp amaretto liquer
- 4 1/2 tsp cocoa
- 4 1/2 tsp hot coffee
White Almond Icing
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 dash salt
- 1/4 tsp almond flavoring
- 1/4 cup half and half
- 1/4 tsp almond flavoring
- 1/4 cup half and half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan over low heat.
- Remove from heat let cool then stir in eggs.
- Add sugar, flour, salt, and pecans. Pour batter in a greased 8” sq pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.
- Brownies should still be soft. Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
- Poke holes in brownies with fork, and pour amaretto liqueur over top. Refrigerate overnight.
- Spread Chocolate amaretto Frosting over brownies and then drizzle white almond icing in a criss-cross pattern on top. Cut into bars.
Chocolate Amaretto Frosting
- Combine butter, sugar, amaretto liqueur, cocoa powder, and coffee and beat until smooth.
White Almond Icing
- Combine sugar, salt, and almond extract. Add half and half, a little at a time, mixing until smooth. .
Notes
Heidi Glockhammer, Kino, 1995