Chocolate Squares

Mom's Chocolate Squares

Contributed by : Jill Kanwischer
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Canadian Recipes : Desserts

These chocolate squares are easy and delicious, but watch out for the nuts! You can make them without nuts but they really aren't as good. Speaking of nuts. That reminds me of the time my Mom made these brownies and gave them to my son Karl, who has a severe nut allergy. Well, she damn near killed him! We had to call an ambulance and spent the day in the emergency room. Poor Mom felt so bad ... although not so bad that she didn't flirt with the EMS guys who attended. Another funny part of the story is that I knew one of the EMS guys. He was in the high school co-op program at Windsor Fire & Rescue Services when I worked there. A few years after that incident, he quit EMS to join Windsor Fire & Rescue Services. Small world. Shout out to Remy Cusinato ... thanks for saving my kid!

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Cook Time

25 minutes

Recipe Servings

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Ingredients of
Mom's Chocolate Squares

BASE

  • 1 cup melted butter
  • 2 cups brown sugar (packed)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
  • 1 1/2 cups pastry flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 tbsp cocoa
  • 3 tsp vanilla

ICING

  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1½ cups icing sugar

How to Make
Mom's Chocolate Squares

BASE

  1. Mix all ingredients together and spread into a 9 x 13" pan.  
  2. Bake at 350℉ for 25 minutes.  Let cool.
  3. Icing with chocolate butter cream and cut into squares.

ICING

  1. In a large heatproof bowl, microwave the butter and cocoa powder until butter is melted. Beat together with a hand mixer until smooth. Add the vanilla and milk and stir.
  2. Add the icing sugar and stir, slowly at first, until incorporated; then beat on medium speed until frosting is smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Spread entire amount of icing immediately on cooled brownies.  Cover and store at room temperature until ready to serve or cut and put in air tight container in freezer.