Alice Pike'S Famous Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Brownies
1/2 cup butter, plus
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar
5 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
7/8 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Chocolate Butter Icing
1/2 cup soft butter
3 cups icing sugar (divided)
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 -4 tablespoons milk (divided)

Preparation

For Brownies: In mixing bowl or food processor blend well, butter, sugar, cocoa, eggs and vanilla.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Add to cocoa mix.
Bake in greased 8x8 square pan for 20-25 min at 350.
Make them gooey-moist by taking them out just after the middle has puffed up or risen (which is the only way!) Leaving them in longer will give you a cake-like brownie.
Meanwhile make icing.
Allow to cool before icing or you can dust with icing sugar (shaken through a sieve).
They are even good naked.
For Chocolate Butter Icing: Cream butter with cocoa and 2 cups of icing sugar.
Beat in 2 tsp vanilla, 2 TBSP milk and 1 cup of icing sugar.
If needed, gradually add 1-2 TBSP milk until desired spreading consistency.
Makes enough icing for 2 batches of brownies.
Will keep in the fridge for a week.