Shelly's Recipe

AMARETTO BROWNIES SUPREME

Category: Brownies/Blondies

Brownies
1/2 cup butter
2 oz semisweet chocolate
2 eggs; well beaten
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup pecans; chopped
1/4 cup amaretto liqueur

Chocolate Amaretto Frosting
3 tbsp butter
Dash salt
1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
4 1/2 tsp amaretto liqueur
4 1/2 tsp cocoa
4 1/2 tsp hot coffee

White Almond Icing
1/3 cup confectioner's sugar
Dash salt
1/4 tsp almond extract
1/4 cup half-and-half

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, mixing well. Pour batter in a greased 8 inch square pan and bake for 30 to 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.

Chocolate Amaretto Frosting: Combine butter, sugar, salt, 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.