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

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.