Elevated Mississippi Mud Brownies
Once you try these, you’ll realize you’ve never really experienced decadence - until this moment - and you’ll immediately want to make them again. And again.
Elevated Mississippi Mud Brownies
Step 1: Hot Fudge Sauce
In a two quart saucepan, combine:
3/4 cup sugar
3 Tbsp cocoa
1 tsp shortening
2 tsp corn syrup
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup milk
Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture reaches a mild rolling boil. Reduce heat to low, simmer, without stirring, heating to soft ball stage (235F)*. Remove from heat.
Drop on top but don't mix yet:
5 Tbsp cold butter
Cool to lukewarm (maximum temp 110F), then blend at medium speed with an electric mixer until sauce is creamy. Set aside.
Step 2: Brenda Brownies
To your favorite mixing bowl add:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
Stir well, then cream in:
1 cup butter, softened
Next add:
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
4 eggs, mixing well after each
Finally, stirring until just incorporated, add:
2 cups flour
Set oven to 350F. Spoon about half the batter into a greased 13x9 pan, sprinkle with:
3/4 cup miniature marshmallows
1/4 cup chocolate chips
Spoon and smooth the remaining batter evenly over the top.
Bake for 22-27 minutes, or until tests done with a toothpick.
Step 3: Finishing Touches
Over the top of the cooked brownies, sprinkle:
1 cup miniature marshmallows
Drizzle the prepared:
Hot Fudge Sauce
Evenly over the entire surface. Serve immediately, or allow the brownies to cool and the fudge to set (approximately 6 hours).
Brenda’s tips:
Servings: 12 - 24
*Soft ball test: grab a small bowl and add about 1/2 cup cold water. After the sauce has cooked at a rolling boil for a few minutes and appears to have thickened somewhat, drop a spoonful into the cold water. If you can push it into a ball with your fingertip, the sauce has reached soft ball stage. If it dissolves, the sauce needs to cook longer. Test again after a few more minutes of boiling. The sauce reaching this stage is dependent on variables such as the humidity in your kitchen. Sometimes it can be reached in 5 minutes and at other times it takes nearly 20.
