| Gloomcookie, they still sell the Nestle pre-melted chocolate here where I live. Here's the recipe for the brownies that's on the back of the box:
FUDGY CHOCOLATE BROWNIES
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
4 packets (1 oz. each) Nestle Toll House Choko Bake Unsweetened Chocolate
2 large eggs
2 Tbl. water
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Stir in sugar, butter, chocolate, eggs, water and vanilla vigorously in large bowl. Stir in flour mixture. Stir in nuts. Spread into prepared baking pan.
Bake for 18-22 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out slightly sticky. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.
(These are the exact [but poorly described] directions on the back of the box. What they mean is the flour, soda and salt go in one bowl and then you mix the other ingredients in a larger bowl.)
If you're looking for a foolproof recipe for a fudgy chocolate frosting, I have one that I've been using for the past 40+ years and always get compliments on it. It's my go-to frosting for brownies. It calls for unsweetened cocoa powder so you don't have to melt any chocolate. It's also a fudge recipe if you change the amounts on some of the ingredients:
MIRACLE FUDGE FROSTING
1 lb. confectioner's sugar (4-4 1/2 cups)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
6 Tbl. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Melt the butter in a large saucepan then stir in the rest of the ingredients, mixing thoroughly. (I usually put the sugar through a sieve to make sure there's no lumps.) Keep the pan over a very low flame only until all is incorporated and mixture is smooth then remove from heat. Let it sit, stirring occasionally until of spreading consistency.
*To make fudge, reduce the butter to 6 Tbl., reduce the milk to 1/4 cup and increase the vanilla to 1 Tbl. You can also add chopped nuts. Press into a buttered 9 x 3 loaf pan and cool.
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Jeanne |