Name: Mocha Brownies with Coffee Frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: Shortening - ½ cup; Butter - ½ cup; Unsweetened cocoa powder - 1 cup; White sugar - 2 cups; Instant coffee granules, or more to taste - 4 teaspoons; Hot water - 1 tablespoon; Large eggs - 4; All-purpose flour - 1 cup; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Butter, softened - ½ cup; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Confectioners' sugar - 2 cups; Instant coffee granules - 1 tablespoon; Milk - 1 ½ tablespoons

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20 min.

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Ingredients for - Mocha Brownies with Coffee Frosting

1. Shortening - ½ cup

2. Butter - ½ cup

3. Unsweetened cocoa powder - 1 cup

4. White sugar - 2 cups

5. Instant coffee granules, or more to taste - 4 teaspoons

6. Hot water - 1 tablespoon

7. Large eggs - 4

8. All-purpose flour - 1 cup

9. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

10. Salt - ½ teaspoon

11. Butter, softened - ½ cup

12. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

13. Confectioners' sugar - 2 cups

14. Instant coffee granules - 1 tablespoon

15. Milk - 1 ½ tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Mocha Brownies with Coffee Frosting

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.

2. Stage

Make brownies: Melt shortening and butter in a small pan over low heat; pour melted mixture into a mixing bowl. Stir cocoa into butter mixture until well combined, followed by sugar.

3. Stage

Dissolve instant coffee with hot water in a small bowl; stir into cocoa mixture. Whisk eggs into batter, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir flour, vanilla extract, and salt into batter just until moist. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely.

5. Stage

Make frosting: Beat softened butter with vanilla extract in a bowl. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until creamy using an electric mixer on medium speed. Dissolve instant coffee with milk in a small bowl; add to frosting. Increase mixer speed to high and beat until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Frost cooled brownies.