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Chocolate Coated Brownies Recipe

What You Need:

• 4 separate cups (approx. 680 grams) of semi-sweet chocolate chips

• 2 eggs

• ¾ cup of sugar

• ¾ cup of all-purpose flour

• 1/3 cup of cubed butter

• 2 tablespoons of shortening

• 2 tablespoons of water

• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

• ¼ teaspoon of baking soda

• ½ teaspoon of salt

• Pecans (chopped), jimmies or/and nonpareils, if desired

How to Prepare:

• Set your oven at around 163 degrees Celsius and grease a square 9 inch baking pan.

• Bring the butter, sugar and water to a boil in a large saucepan over moderate heat.

• Remove the saucepan from the heat and mix in 1 cup of chocolate chips vanilla extract till the mixture is smooth. Let it cool for 5 minutes and then beat in the eggs.

• Mix the flour, baking soda and salt together and mix them into the chocolate mixture. Stir in another cup of chocolate chips.

• Pour this into the greased square baking pan and place in the oven for 35 minutes or till the mixture is set. Let this cool completely on a cooling rack.

• Now place this into a freezer for around 30 to 40 minutes or till it is set; remember to not freeze it completely. Once set, cut into bars.

• Melt the rest of the chocolate chips and shortening together in a microwave friendly bowl; stir till the mixture is smooth.

• Using a small fork, dip the brownies into this mixture completely, allow the excess to drip off and place each coated brownie onto baking sheets lines with wax paper.

• Sprinkle the pecans, jimmies and/or nonpareils over the brownies if desired. Let these brownies rest till they are set and serve or store in an air-tight jar.