these always turn out perfect.........

1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar

Preheat oven to 350.
Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.

In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1tsp vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook.

To Make Frosting: Combine 3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Frost brownies while they are still warm.

Thanks for the recipe. These sound awesome!

I made these last night....YUMMY. Thank you for the recipe!

I cheated alittle bit - I had a brownie mix so I made them and then I made this icing!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!! Can you devine? It was wonderful!!! I did add just alittle leftover coffee to the icing (you said for us not to be throwing out leftover coffee anymore, right?) and it was so good!!! Thanks for this recipe!!! The icing is so easy and even though I used a mix for the brownies they were wonderful!!!!

so glad everyone liked them...

and you got it Klippy-no throwing out the old coffee plenty of good things to do with it-even if you freeze it into cubes!!!

and no problem using box mix...I actually laughed...made me think of foodtv-
semi homemade with mommy2mercedes

maybe it's just early,but made me laugh!!

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I made these today. Very, very good. I hadn't realized I could make brownies without the box kit...LOL!

Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to try these!

These were delicious but I didn't use the homemade icing though. I used leftover cookie frosting. Didn't want it to go to waste but I plan to make a batch of brownies this weekend and will try the frosting this time!

I am bumping this up - I am making these tonight for my boss's birthday. Brownies are his favorite. I have made brownies from a box before and topped them with this great icing but never made the brownies from scratch - I am proud to say it was not very hard at all. In fact it was rather easy. Once again Trudy - a fantastic and easy recipe!!!!:happy dance:

Although a baking brownie always smells good...aren't they twice as good when you know you did it yourself :happy dance:

Thats SUPER COOL Kaye......thanks for letting me know-ya know that makes my day

I hope everyone raves and you get a ton of people wanting the recipe!!!

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