Graduation Brownies Recipes

GRADUATION BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325° place rack in middle of oven
• Generously spray a large cookie sheet (jelly roll pan) with cooking spray
• Melt butter, baking chocolate and cocoa together in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat and stir until smooth.
• Remove from heat.
• Gradually whisk in sugar by hand with a wire whisk.
• Add eggs, two at a time and stir until well blended after each addition also using a wire whisk, by hand.
• Whisk in vanilla.
• Combine flour, salt and baking powder in a separate bowl and stir.
• Fold flour mixture into chocolate mixture in three additions. Do not over mix, do not use a mixer.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake about 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.

GRADUATION CAPS (BROWNIE AND GRAHAM CRACKER)

Steps:

• Prepare brownie batter.
• Line mini muffin cups.
• Fill each 2/3 way full of brownie batter.
• Bake at 350 for 21-23 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes.
• Move to wire racks.
• Take off muffin paper liners.
• Slice 1/8 off top of muffin.
• Turn upside down.
• Attach a fudge graham to the top using the frosting as "Glue".
• For the cap tassel, place a string of licorice and top with M & M.
• Use frosting as the glue.
• You should get about 48 caps from this recipe.
• If you use regular size muffins, the graham cracker may look too small to be the mortarboard.