Perfectly Peppermint Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup cocoa, Hershey's
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup butter, melted and divided (or margarine)
1/2 cup water, boiling
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups peppermint patties, Mint, York

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan.
Stir together cocoa and baking soda in large bowl.
Stir in 1/3 cup of the melted butter.
Add boiling water and stir until the mixture thickens.
Stir in sugar, eggs and remaining 1/3 cup of the melted butter; stir until smooth.
Add flour, vanilla and salt; blend completely.
Stir in peppermint patties.
Spread in prepared pan.
Bake 35-40 minutes or until the brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.
Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
Cut into bars.