Valentine Brownies

Say

"I LOVE YOU!"

with

Valentine

Brownies                                        

These were so easy and fun to make. Ashton Cook helped me decorate these, for Valentines Day.

This can of icing came
with some sprinkles on the
top of the can.

Ingredients:
Duncan Hines Fudge Brownie Mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup water
Sprinkles
Heart cookie cutter
M&M,s (optional)
Can of pink icing
Icing bag and tip (optional)
wax paper
I used a 11x15 nonstick baking pan sprayed with Pam
You want the chewy recipe on the box, DON"T put the extra egg to make cake Brownies.
Preheat oven 325 if glass or dark non stick pan.

In a medium size bowl combine brownie ingredients, just until all ingredients are incorporated. If you mix more than 50 stokes with spoon, they will be tough.
Spread mix evenly, shaking pan horizontally to make sure mixture is smooth and even.
My recipe called for baking 25-30 minutes, it was actually ready at 18 minutes, I could tell the center had puffed up, and it gets a different sheen, than when not baked, I toothpick tested in the center, it came out clean.

Let cool for about five minutes. Use cookie cutter, starting in a corner, working your way across the pan to maximize the hearts cut out of the pan. Most of the brownies came out of the pan with the cookie cutters, I had to use a spatula for one.

 We cut hearts out as we decorated, setting brownies on a rack,setting over a piece of wax paper to decorate.

We used a bag and tip to decorate a few borders or to write messages. I heated up in microwave about 1/3 of the can of icing, we used a fork to drizzle the heated icing across brownies, we poured some on thicker to cover the top completely.
We used sprinkles and M&M's to decorate with.

We had fun and the guys even came in the kitchen to decorate some, so they could get one to eat!