{"id":2390,"date":"2013-02-04T15:34:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T20:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2013-02-04T15:34:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T20:34:06","slug":"texas-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2390","title":{"rendered":"Texas Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Texas Brownies ? I have no clue , all i know is .. that it’s a sheet chocolate cake with chocolate icing . And in my case , it is a really moist cake !! Why do they call it brownies ? They’re not even chewy like most brownies are .. I wonder about that too sometimes . Maybe i should as a true Texan , born and raised and who knows maybe one will be able to give me the answer .<\/p>\n

The first i made this was years and years ago , from a Taste of Home magazine that my MIL subscribed into . I thought it was quite interesting and easy . Back then , i’d do anything that is easy , the easier the better !! This happen to meet my criteria \ud83d\ude00 So i made them , and they turned out to be very delicious and moist . I don’t make them that often and i think after that first time i only made them 2 more times and then that it’s . In fact for the past 3 years .. i don’t think i have made one batch at all of this delicious dessert . Why ? i don’t know .. i guess because the recipe was put in a recipe box that i hardly opened ..<\/p>\n

So , when we were invited to the super bowl party this sunday , my husband signed us up to bring Texas Brownies . We talked about it before he signed me up .. i did ask him what should i bring , and he said ‘ what about Texas Brownies ? After all .. we’re in Texas !! ” LOL .. i don’t know why he suddenly brought up that we’re in texas and let’s make texas brownies .. It seemed weird .. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Fine by me though .. it was easy .. preparation is really a piece of cake and delicious result , what more could you ask ? So here it is .. the old fashioned Texas Sheet Cake , or Texas Brownies .. It was a hit in the party , they loved it and go ahead try it … let me know if you agree with me !!<\/p>\n

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Direction :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2 cups of sugar<\/p>\n

2 cups of all purpose flour<\/p>\n

1 cup of very strong coffee ( dark , and bold )<\/p>\n

1 stick of unsalted butter<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup of vegetable shortening ( crisco )<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa<\/p>\n

1 tsp. of vanilla<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup of buttermilk<\/p>\n

2 eggs<\/p>\n

1 tsp. baking soda<\/p>\n

For icing :<\/p>\n

1 stick of unsalted butter<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup of milk<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup of cocoa<\/p>\n

1 tsp. vanilla<\/p>\n

3 1\/2 cup of powdered sugar<\/p>\n

1. In a large bowl , mix flour and sugar . In a small pot , heat up the butter , shortening and coffee and cocoa , bring to boil for a minute . Then pour this into the flour sugar mixture , beat with speed on medium .<\/p>\n

2. Add the buttermilk , and mix well with medium speed . Add 2 eggs , and beat well . Add vanilla and baking soda . Mix well . Pour into 17.5 x 11 inch of baking sheet ( greased with vegetable shortening also )<\/p>\n

3. Bake at 400 F for about 20 minutes or less , insert a toothpick to see if it’s done or not .<\/p>\n

Meanwhile it’s baking , let’s make the icing :<\/p>\n

1. Melt the butter , milk and cocoa , then mix well , and add the powdered sugar . Beat with whisk , until smooth . Pour on top of the brownies straight from the oven . Spread the icing evenly , let cool before cut and serve .<\/p>\n

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What is Texas Brownies ? I have no clue , all i know is .. that it’s a sheet chocolate cake with chocolate icing . And in my case , it is a really moist cake !! Why do they call it brownies ? They’re not even chewy like most brownies are .. I wonder about that too sometimes . Maybe i should as a true Texan , born and raised and who knows maybe one will be able to give me the answer . The first i made this was years and years ago , from a Taste of Home magazine that my MIL subscribed into . I thought it was quite interesting and easy . Back then , i’d do anything that is easy , the easier the better !! This happen to meet my criteria \ud83d\ude00 So i made them , and they turned out to be very delicious and moist . I don’t make them that often and i think after that first time i only made them 2 more times and then that it’s . In fact for the past 3 years .. i don’t think i have made one batch at all of this delicious dessert . Why ? i don’t know .. i guess because the recipe was put in a recipe box that i hardly opened .. So , when we were invited to the super bowl party this sunday , my husband signed us up to bring Texas Brownies . We talked about it before he signed me up .. i did ask him what should i bring , and he said ‘ what about Texas Brownies ? After all .. we’re in Texas !! ” LOL .. i don’t know why he suddenly brought up that we’re in texas and let’s make texas brownies .. It seemed weird .. \ud83d\ude00 Fine by me though .. it was easy .. preparation is really a piece of cake and delicious result , what more could you ask ? So here it is .. the old fashioned Texas Sheet Cake , or Texas Brownies .. It was a hit in the party , they loved it and go ahead try it … let me know if you agree with me !! \u00a0   Direction :\u00a0 2 cups of sugar 2 cups of all purpose flour 1 cup of very strong coffee ( dark , and bold ) 1 stick of unsalted butter 1\/2 cup of vegetable shortening ( crisco ) 1\/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa 1 tsp. of vanilla 1\/2 cup of buttermilk 2 eggs 1 tsp. baking soda For icing : 1 stick of unsalted butter 1\/4 cup of milk 1\/4 cup of cocoa 1 tsp. vanilla 3 1\/2 cup of powdered sugar 1. In a large bowl , mix flour and sugar . In a small pot , heat up the butter , shortening and coffee and cocoa , bring to boil for a minute . Then pour this into the flour sugar mixture , beat with speed on medium . 2. Add the buttermilk , and mix well with medium speed . Add 2 eggs , and beat well . Add vanilla and baking soda . Mix well . Pour into 17.5 x 11 inch of baking sheet ( greased with vegetable shortening also ) 3. Bake at 400 F for about 20 minutes or less , insert a toothpick to see if it’s done or not . Meanwhile it’s baking , let’s make the icing : 1. Melt the butter , milk and cocoa , then mix well , and add the powdered sugar . Beat with whisk , until smooth . Pour on top of the brownies straight from the oven . Spread the icing evenly , let cool before cut and serve .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-desserts","category-desserts-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}