{"id":366,"date":"2014-10-13T03:46:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T03:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2014-10-13T03:57:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T03:57:05","slug":"dark-chocolate-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/dark-chocolate-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Chocolate Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dark-Chocolate-Brownies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-367\" src=\"http:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dark-Chocolate-Brownies-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dark Chocolate Brownies\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dark-Chocolate-Brownies-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dark-Chocolate-Brownies-947x1024.jpg 947w, https:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dark-Chocolate-Brownies.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was giving the cookbook <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1450823602\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1450823602&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=livinbelli-20&amp;linkId=QZJYNSMUTYCFG42N\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hershey 4 Books in 1:\u00a0 Bars, Brownies, &amp; Treats; Cookies, Candies &amp; Snacks; Cakes &amp; Cheesecakes; Pies &amp; Desserts<\/em><\/a> for Christmas last year.\u00a0 I have found many wonderful recipes.\u00a0 I took &#8220;Best Fudgey Pecan Brownies&#8221; and adapted it to our families liking.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy it as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup Hershey&#8217;s Special Dark Cocoa<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>Dark Chocolate Frosting (recipe follows)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simple Steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat oven to 350 degrees F.\u00a0 Lightly grease 8- or 9- inch square baking pan.<\/li>\n<li>Beat butter, sugar and vanilla with spoon in large bowl.\u00a0 Add eggs; beat well.\u00a0 Add dry ingredients, beating until well blended.\u00a0 Spread in prepared pan.<\/li>\n<li>Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.\u00a0 Meanwhile, prepare Dark Chocolate Frosting.\u00a0 Spread warm frosting over warm brownies.\u00a0 Cook completely; cut into squares.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Dark Chocolate Frosting<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/3 cups powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 TBS Hershey&#8217;s Special Dark Cocoa<\/li>\n<li>3 TBS butter or margarine<\/li>\n<li>2 TBS milk<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simple Steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Stir together powdered sugar and cocoa in medium bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Heat butter and milk in small saucepan over low heat until butter is melted.\u00a0 Gradually beat into cocoa mixture, beating until smooth.\u00a0 Stir in vanilla.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>This post contains my affiliate links.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was giving the cookbook Hershey 4 Books in 1:\u00a0 Bars, Brownies, &amp; Treats; Cookies, Candies &amp; Snacks; Cakes &amp; Cheesecakes; Pies &amp; Desserts for Christmas last year.\u00a0 I have found many wonderful recipes.\u00a0 I took &#8220;Best Fudgey Pecan Brownies&#8221; and adapted it to our families liking.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy it as well. 1\/2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[75,76,74],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-desserts","category-kitchen-creations","tag-brownies","tag-dark-chocolate","tag-dessert"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dark Chocolate Brownies - livingbellissima.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/dark-chocolate-brownies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dark Chocolate Brownies - livingbellissima.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I was giving the cookbook Hershey 4 Books in 1:\u00a0 Bars, Brownies, &amp; 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