Red Velvet Brownies with White Chocolate Frosting

When you look at these pictures, I want you keep my blog tag line in mind "the good, the bad and the getting better of family dining".   Well, these aren't really being filed under "bad", but, definitely, under "the getting better"

This is what they looked like out of the oven...interesting, yes?

These were by request of my oldest son.  A boy that could be classified as the pickiest eater ever. But, he does love his brownies.  Including these.

I'm not quite sure what I did wrong.  The top was very crunchy and the middle was a bit too soft.  so, frosting them was a little bit of a challenge.  Now, this, of course, did not prevent us from eating them. They tasted really fabulous despite looking like my 2 year old baked them. 

Give them try..let me know how they turn out for you.

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Ingredients:

for brownies:

1/2 cup butter

1-1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1-1/4 cup flour

3 TBSP  cocoa powder

2 TBSP red food coloring

2/3 cup chocolate chips

for frosting

1 stick butter

2-1/2 cups powder sugar

1 tsp vanilla

4 Oz white chocolate

1-2 TBSP milk

Directions:

brownies:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8x8 baking dish with non stick cooking spray. In a bowl, combine cocoa, red food coloring and 1 tsp vanilla to create a paste.

In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs one at a time.  Add remaining vanilla.  Mix in red/cocoa paste.  Mix until combined and desired red color.  Add flour.  Mix until combined.  Fold in chocolate chips.

Bake 25-30 minutes until knife comes out clean.

frosting:

Cream butter, then, add vanilla. Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time.  Melt chocolate and add into mixture. Mix until well combined.  Add desired amount of milk until desired consistency is reached.

Frost on cooled brownies.