Michael's Texas Brownies

Michael has been begging to make Texas brownies His recent excuse has been, "if we don't make them soon, the buttermilk will go bad. So finally, we made the beloved Texas Brownies.
I mostly made them, while Michael, helped me reach the ingredients high in the cupboard. He also cleaned up my mess as we went. It made it 10 times more enjoyable not to have to clean all the dirty dishes. Maybe I'll have Michael help me more often! 


Here's the recipe, in case anyone else is interested in making Texas brownies also. 


Michael's Texas Brownies

For one 17 1/2 by 11 in baking pan, you need:

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup water

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

Frosting:

3/4 cup butter

3 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa

1/3 cup milk

5 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 400' F

2. In a large mixing bowl combine flour and sugar

3. In a saucepan combine butter, shortening, water and cocoa. Stir and heat to boiling.

4. Pour boiling mixture over the flour and sugar in the bowl. Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda and vanilla

5. Mix well using a wooden spoon or electric mixer.

6. Pour into a well buttered jelly roll pan.

7. Bake at 400 for 18-20 minutes

8. While brownies bake, prepare the frosting. In a saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa and milk. Heat to boiling stirring.

9. Mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla until frosting is smooth.

10. Pour warm frosting over brownies as soon as you take them out of the oven. Cool. Cut into 48 bars. 

Enjoy!