Kid friendly valentines day party recipe:)
Valentines Day is always awesome;) I have always had a special love for chocolate so, that is really why I think Valentines Day is so great I’m sure!
I also love finding a really great “vintage” recipe. This brownie recipe shocked me a little with all the butter and sugar but.. those ladies knew what they were doing because these brownies are sooo good.. I changed the recipe slightly but, it is basically the same. Except that I decided to cut them out into heart shapes, and top them with dark chocolate ganache and sprinkles – Yumm!
Valentines Day Brownie Bites
This brownie recipe was originally published in Fannie Merritt Farmer's The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, 1911.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks salted butter
- 4 oz . unsweetened chocolate
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs , beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- Ganache:
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- Sprinkles (opt)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper.
- Melt butter and chocolate over low heat in a medium size saucepan until melted and smooth.
- Remove from heat and stir in sugar.
- Add eggs, vanilla and flour to electric mixer bowl.
- Pour in chocolate mixture, mix just until everything is incorporated.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean.
- Cool for at least 30 minutes.
- Remove from pan by lifting parchment paper up.
- Cut into heart shapes with a cookie cutter or cut into squares.
- Lay cut outs on wire cooling racks.
- Ganache:
- In small saucepan bring the whipping cream to a low boil.
- Remove from heat and stir in dark chocolate chips until completely melted and smooth.
- I use a wire whisk to make sure everything is really smooth.
- Allow to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Pour over brownie bites that are on the wire racks.
- Decorate with sprinkles.