These are delicious.....
Preparation:
Put out two sticks of butter (1 cup) to soften.
Preheat the oven to 350.
Take out a 9x13 pan. Spray it with GF cooking spray.
Step One: The Brownie Layer
Take out your mixer. Put one stick of the butter (1/2 cup) inside the bowl.
Run the mixer to cream the butter.
Slowly add:
1 cup of sugar, and
two eggs.
Take two 1-ounce squares of unsweetened baking chocolate.
Put this in the microwave to melt. It doesn't have to melt all the way.
Once it looks kind of melt-y, just stir it up with a teaspoon until it's smooth.
Drizzle this into your butter mixture as the beater runs.
Stir in:
1 cup of gluten free flour, and
1/2 cup of chopped nuts.
Pour this mixture into the pan. It will be stiff.
Use wet fingers to smooth it down.
Bake 20 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.
You can turn off the oven now.
Clean your mixer because you need it for the next step, too!
Step Two: The Peppermint Layer
In the mixer, place 1/2 stick (4 Tbs) of the butter.
Run the mixture to cream the butter again.
Slowly add:
2 cups of confectioner's sugar (a.k.a. powdered sugar),
2 Tbs of water, and
1/2 tsp of peppermint extract.
If you dare, taste this mixture.
This can be dangerous: you may not want to stop tasting the mixture!
(Perhaps you can limit yourself to licking the beaters?)
Put this amazing peppermint concoction into a small bowl and cover it with some plastic wrap.
Clean up your beaters and mixer bowl.
By now, your brownies might be cooled. If not, go have tea and check it out later.
Spread the peppermint concoction onto the cooled brownies.
Step Three: The Chocolate Drizzle
Melt 2 more 1-ounce squares of unsweetened baking chocolate, as before,
but add 2 tsp of sugar to it.
(Alternately, you can use two 1-ounce squares of semi-sweet baking chocolate without the extra sugar.)
When you go to stir this all up, add 2 Tbs of your softened butter.
(Yes, you will have 2 Tbs of butter remaining. Return that to the fridge.)
Stir this all up and make sure it is of drizzling consistency.
Drizzle this all over your nice white peppermint top to make a pretty design of your choice.
Chill in the refrigerator.
Cut in to squares.
