• Cooking Time: 40
• Servings: 13 x 9 pan
• Preparation Time: 20 mins ?
• Brownies
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup hershey's special dark cocoa
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 3/4 cup oil (olive oil is healthiest and preferred)
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cups Karo syrup (put in oil then add to mix)
• Nuts or chocolate chips -optional
• Frosting
• 1 stick butter/margarine
• 2/3 cup Hershey's special dark cocoa
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cups of milk
• 1 tsp vanilla ext

1. brownies:
2. mix and bake at 350 F for about 40 minutes in 13x9 pan
4. frosting:
5. melt butter
6. stir in cocoa
7. alternately add powdered sugar and milk, while beating
8. add small amount additional milk if needed.
9. add vanilla
11. about 2 cups frosting

This was originally my grandma's brownie recipe but after a disastrous attempt at a different brownie recipe, we turned this recipe into special dark brownies with special dark frosting.