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Old-Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies

Elevate your baking skills and create cafeteria-style magic at home by recreating those legendary lunch lady brownies everyone raves about!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: brownies, cafeteria lady brownies, chocolate, lunch lady, lunch lady brownies
Servings: 16
Calories: 374kcal

Ingredients

BROWNIES

  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder *unsweetened
  • 2 cups flour *all purpose
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 teaspoon vanilla extract

FROSTING

  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder *unsweetened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x13 baking pan with cooking spray.

BROWNIES

  • In a medium bowl, combine the melted butter and cocoa powder using a hand mixer (or stand).
  • Add in the flour and sugar.
  • Once combined, add in the eggs and vanilla extract.
  • Mix until just combined. *batter is thick
  • Place pan in oven and bake for about 25 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean once inserted in center of brownies.
  • Once baked, remove from oven and allow to cool about 10 minutes before frosting (you want the brownies warm, not hot).

FROSTING

  • Combine all the ingredients into a bowl until smooth.
  • Spread frosting evenly on top of somewhat cooled brownies.
  • Let brownies fully cool before serving! Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 374kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 146mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 509IU | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 2mg
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