Spider Web Brownies
Ingredients List
Chocolate Brownies:
- 1 cup - butter or margarine
- 1 cup - unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup - Domino® Granulated Sugar
- 1 cup - firmly packed Domino® Light Brown Sugar
- 2 - eggs
- 1 cup - all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup - buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon - vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon - salt
Chocolate Glaze:
- 2 ounces - unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon - butter or margarine
- 1/4 cup - heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon - corn syrup
Spider Web Glaze:
- 1 cup - Domino® Confectioners Sugar
- 2 tablespoons - butter or margarine
- 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons - milk
- cookies or candies for spider, red licorice whips for legs
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour 12x1/2-inch pizza pan.
In small saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Add cocoa and stir to combine. Remove from heat.
In large mixing bowl, beat sugars and eggs. Add chocolate and stir to combine. Add flour, buttermilk, vanilla and salt; mix well. Pour into prepared pan and bake 18-20 minutes. Remove and cool completely.
To Prepare Chocolate Glaze:
Place chocolate in a small bowl. In small saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Add heavy cream and corn syrup and stir until combined. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate. Let stand 1 minute; stir until smooth. Pour glaze over brownies and refrigerate until glaze is set.
To Prepare Spider Web Glaze:
In small bowl, beat together confectioners' sugar, butter and milk until smooth. If necessary, add more milk until frosting is spreading consistency. Using pastry bag with writing tip filled with frosting, pipe four concentric circles, about 1 inch apart, and a dot in the center of the brownies. Run tip of knife through circles to make "spider web". Place cookie or candy for spider’s body and head on cake. Cut 8 licorice whip pieces; curve and arrange for legs.
Makes 10-12 servings.