Chocolate Glazed Mint-Frosted Brownies

Name: Chocolate Glazed Mint-Frosted Brownies
Yield: Makes 24
Ingredients: 1 cup, pecans or walnuts (4 ounces/113 grams), chopped medium (optional); 1 1/4 cups, plain cake flour (5 ounces/142 grams); 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 3/4 teaspoon, baking powder; 6 ounces (170 grams), unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), cut into six 1-inch pieces; 2 1/4 cups, sugar (15 3/4 ounces/447 grams); 4 , large eggs; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1 stick, unsalted butter (equaling 8 tablespoons) softened; 2 cups, confectioners' sugar (8 ounces/227 grams); 1 - 2 tablespoons, milk; 1 teaspoon, mint-flavored extract; 4 ounces (113 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped, or 4 ounces (113 grams) chopped semisweet chocolate; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Brownies & Bars

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2004

These brownies have both a mint frosting and a chocolate glaze.

SERVES Makes 24

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 2 hours cooling and 2 hours chilling

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