These Mocha Brownies With Vanilla Bean Frosting Have A Surprise Ingredient

This recipe makes enough for about twenty-four brownies, but if you want plenty more you can just double the ingredients. They only take a few minutes to prepare and then about twenty-eight to thirty minutes to bake. They will smell so amazing, you'll be dying to try one!

Let's Get Started!

The Ingredients To Gather Are:

Brownies:
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 TBSP vanilla extract
1 TBSP espresso powder
4 eggs
1 cup unbleached flour

Frosting:
1 cup unsalted butter
2 pounds powdered sugar
1/2 cup Guinness (yes you read that correctly, trust us it's AMAZING)
2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
2 pinches fine sea salt

The Step By Step Directions To Follow:

Grease pan. Preheat oven to 325.

Melt butter over medium-low heat. Stir in sugars. Stir, heat until sugar is hot, not boiling, just another couple of minutes.

Remove pan from heat, stir in cocoa powder, salt, baking powder. Combine vanilla, espresso powder, add to batter. Whisk in eggs one at a time. Stir in flour.

Spread batter into pan. Bake 28-30 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool.

Make frosting:
Cream butter until smooth. Sift in sugar, add beer, vanilla bean paste, sea salt. Mix on low until combined, increase mixer speed to medium-high, beat for a few minutes until smooth, thick.
Spread 2/3rds of frosting onto brownies. Refrigerate for at least one hour before cutting.

Serve cold.

Enjoy!

These mocha brownies with Guinness and vanilla bean frosting are so amazing, you may never want a brownie any other way from now on! Have you tried these brownies yet?

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