Sunday afternoons are treacherous times for sweets lovers! Chillin' at home with my hubby leads to us wanting a treat to munch on. Making dinner for the neighbors means that we have to make something really good on top of that! So we did a little brownie baking!
Just looking at these babies makes my blood thicken! They are VERY rich but mensch are they yummy! Warning: only make these when you plan on sharing with friends! Other wards you will be sick from downing too many! For these chocolate loaded, luscious coconut-pecan frosting laden brownies I used a tried and true brownie recipe, only this time we threw in a cup of chocolate chips! Indulgence, thy name is German Chocolate Brownies! My Grandpa would have loved these . . . we certainly did!
Coconut-Pecan FrostingRecipe by: Grandma Christensen
1 cup Sugar
1 1/3 cup Shredded Coconut
1 cup Evaporated Milk
1/2 cup Butter
3 Egg Yolks
1/2 cup Pecans, chopped
1 tsp Vanilla
1. Melt butter in a sauce pan over medium heat. Add evaporated milk, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla, mix well. Add coconut and pecans and cook until frosting is thick. Cool frosting slightly and spread over brownies. (The more it cools the harder it will be to spread).
After the frosting is cool, pipe chocolate frosting over the top any way that you want. Cut brownies and enjoy!
18 comments:
Yummy sweets!
Emily, these sound fantastic! Wish I was your neighbor...lucky guys!
Those looks so yummy! Much better than the cake version!
Oh my Dad would just LOVE these. Can't wait to try them.
Oh man, I was just craving brownies today! These would have done just the trick. They look great Emily!
Yum! These look GREAT! I'm adding you to my blogroll :)
Straight from the lips, down to the hips...but look and sound worth it. I can "taste" them now.
hmm... you are spot on with those brownies emily. Fed ex me some asap bitte.
I was thinking today about a few funny things after your comment on my blog about Frau Adelstein and her birds.. "Du" and her sweet little voice.
Remember chasing the bus down Clay allee with all these bags in our hands, while trying not to trip over our big long coats? HAH!
Singing "What Child is This" in Dahlem for Xmas season..
Decorating our darling Christmas tree after lugging the thing also, down clay allee..
and the Fengler sisters... eee hee hee... what was the one's name, who wasn't yet a member and she creeped us out?
anyways, just wanted to humor you with some good memories.
Cheers. and auf wiedershauen.
Thanks Katie! Those memories pop into my head all the time!
You downing 2 quarts of herbal tea in the morning . . . (being served huge cups of the boiling stuff everywhere we went and having to switch mugs to finish it all off!) Being frozen and soaken wet from freezing rain and snow (we must have looked like two wet dogs knocking on doors) Oh I can go on forver! It was great!!!
Oh you evil woman! You know my weakness is brownies. I just polished off two cupcakes today. Two! And if I'm really being honest, it's two and a half since I stole a bite from both my kids. And now I come here and I'm greedy for sweets again.... They look amazing! Did you get to watch a scary movie this weekend? We watched Arsenic and Old Lace and a little bit of To Kill a Mockingbird.
We made cake in a mug for dessert today before our afternoon naps! (They were really good!) We ended up watching a Jackie Chan/Jet Lee action flick . . . it was interesting. I am all ready to watch a good old flick, maybe we'll go pop in Charade! I need a break before mid-term burnout!
I could literally eat the frosting by itself... it's my very favorite! These brownies are calling my name.
Yum! I love the looks of the frosting.
I bet I would love these! I am a big brownie fan and the frosting looks awesome!
First time on your blog -- it's great! There brownies look a.maz.ing. Do I need them? No. Must I have them? Oh, yes. Your blog is so fun (and such yummy recipes!) -- I'll definitely be back!
Wow! Those look mouth watering. I can't wait to try them. Thanks for sharing.
Hi This is Noor from Ya Salam Cooking. I wanted to invite you to join: http://themiddleeasterncook.blogspot.com/2008/09/whats-your-favorite-cookie-recipe.html I hope that you can submit a recipe bc I have a great idea planned when I get them all together.
Noor
Great idea to make easy brownies instead of a whole German chocolate cake.
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