Texas Sheet Cake Brownies

Ingredients

• 17x11 pan (or 9x13)
• 2 Cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• ¼ cup cocoa
• 1 stick (½ cup) butter
• ½ cup shortening (crisco)
• ½ cup buttermilk (or substitute 2 tsp vinegar or lemon juice in ½ cup of milk, or use powdered buttermilk)
• 1 cup of strong brewed coffee (or water if you don’t want coffee)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla

Frosting

• 1 stick (½ cup) butter
• 2 tbsp cocoa
• ¼ cup milk
• 3 ½ cup unsifted powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Steps

• Preheat oven to 400F
• Combine flour and sugar in large mixing bowl
• In saucepan, combine butter, shortening, coffee, and cocoa, stir and heat to boiling
• Pour boiling coffee mixture over flour/sugar mix
• Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla
• Mix well - use wodden spoon or mixer on high
• Pour mixture into well buttered pan
• Bake 20 minutes at 400F or until done in center
• While baking, prepare frosting:
• in saucepan, combine butter, cocoa, and milk; heat to boil, stirring constantly
• Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla; stir until combined
• Pour warm mixture over brownies as soon as out of the oven