Perfectly Peppermint Brownies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup cocoa, Hershey's
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup butter, melted and divided (or margarine)
• 1/2 cup water, boiling
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups peppermint patties, Mint, York

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. 2

   Grease a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan.

3. 3

   Stir together cocoa and baking soda in large bowl.

4. 4

   Stir in 1/3 cup of the melted butter.

5. 5

   Add boiling water and stir until the mixture thickens.

6. 6

   Stir in sugar, eggs and remaining 1/3 cup of the melted butter; stir until smooth.

7. 7

   Add flour, vanilla and salt; blend completely.

8. 8

   Stir in peppermint patties.

9. 9

   Spread in prepared pan.

10. 10

    Bake 35-40 minutes or until the brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.

11. 11

    Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

12. 12

    Cut into bars.