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Lunch Lady Brownies Recipe Sheet Pan Style With Frosting Chocolate Icing Cooking Professionally !

Lunch Lady brownie ingredients :

1/2 cup salted real butter, melted
1 cup of granulated sugar
4 large eggs
3 teaspoons real vanilla bean paste or extract
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup all-purpose flour
Optional: 1/4 cup of crushed nuts (I use pecans).

Frosting / Icing :

1/4 cup salted real butter, softened
3 Tablespoons evaporated or whole milk
3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups powdered sugar

Brownie and Icing Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Coat a 9X13 baking dish or pan with a non stick cooking spray, oil, butter, or grease. I use butter since it is already sitting out. Combine cocoa and melted butter in bowl and mix with an electric mixer. Then add flour and sugar and continue to beat together. Next add eggs and vanilla. Mix until combined (do not over-mix). The brownie batter will be thick.
Spread the batter into prepared baking pan and spread it out evenly. Bake for half an hour or until fork inserted in center comes out clean. It took mine exactly 30 minutes, but all ovens vary especially gas ovens.
Let it cool about 20 minutes and add the icing. 

For the icing, beat together all icing ingredients until very smooth. Pour and spread over the still warm brownies. Let them completely cool before cutting. If you find that your icing is too thick, then add a bit more milk before spreading over the lunch lady brownies. Optional, but I always top with crushed pecans. AMAZING!!