Orange Brownies Recipe

Orange Brownies Recipe

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
  • 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • FROSTING:
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
  • 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
  1. In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in cocoa until smooth. Remove from the heat. In a bowl, beat eggs until frothy. Without stirring, add the sugar, flour, pecans, orange juice concentrate, peel and salt. Pour cocoa mixture over the top; mix well. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking pan.
  2. Bake at 350 degrees F for 28-32 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely on a wire rack. For frosting, combine confectioners' sugar, butter and orange juice concentrate; mix well. Spread over the brownies. Cut into bars; garnish with orange peel if desired.
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