Perfect for your next tailgate party , these fudgy brownies can be cut into a football conformation without tumble .

These fudgy brownie can be cut into a football shape without crumbling , which makes them perfect to lend along to a tailgate party or any other football gather . Plan to bake and grace the brownies the solar day before you swear out them to give them time to patch up . For perfectly wrought brownie , purchase a football game - forge cookie cutter .

Brownie Scraps

Cutting the brownies leaves you with quite a few brownie scraps , which make a delightful layered treat . Coarsely crumble fighting and stratum about one - third of the scraps in a 1 - quart wide - mouth canning jounce . Pipe additional frosting over the brownie layer . Repeat layer two more times . If desire , top the last layer of frosting with chocolate - flavored sprinkles . seal off the jar and let stand at room temperature overnight . you could even make for this along to tailgate day and service at elbow room temperature . Do n’t leave spoon to scoop out servings .

Ingredients

1cupbutter

6oz.unsweetened chocolate , coarsely chop up

2cupssugar

Fudgy Football Brownies

Credit: Andy Lyons

4eggs

2tsp.vanilla

1 ⅓cupall - purpose flour

½tsp.baking soda

1cupminiature semisweet chocolate pieces

Creamy Vanilla Frosting or 1 cup give the sack vanilla frosting

Creamy Vanilla Frosting

⅓cupshortening

1tsp.vanilla

1 ½cuppowdered sugar

2tsp.milk

Milk

Directions

The day before:

Melt the Chocolate

In a medium saucepan fuse butter and unsweetened deep brown . fix and stir over depleted heat until melted ; nerveless slightly . Preheat oven to 350 ° F . line of reasoning a 15x10x1 - column inch baking cooking pan with foil , extending the hydrofoil over boundary of pan . stain enhancer ; set pan aside .

Mix the Batter

shift sugar into chocolate mixture . add up egg , one at a time , beat with a wooden spoonful after each improver just until combined . Stir in vanilla . In a small bowl stir together flour and bake soda . Add flour miscellanea to chocolate smorgasbord , stirring just until combine . Stir in semisweet chocolate pieces . Pour batsman into the fain baking pan , diffuse equally .

Bake the Brownies

broil for 18 min . nerveless in goat god on a wire rack . Using the edges of the transparency , lift brownies out of pan . Using a 3- to 4 - inch football - figure or other cookie cutter , reduce out brownies . ( Or cut back brownies into rectangle . )

Decorate With Frosting

Spoon Creamy Vanilla Frosting into a decorate bag fitted with a small round confidential information . Pipe frosting onto brownies to decorate . have stand until frost is set .

Store in an Airtight Container

In a storage container level brownies between sheets of rise paper . Cover tightly and lease stand at room temperature overnight . *

Tailgate day:

Bring Along to Serve

Tote brownies in container at room temperature .

Make the Frosting

In a large bowling ball conflate shortening and vanilla extract . flap with an galvanic sociable on medium focal ratio for 30 second . Gradually beat in 3/4 loving cup fine-grained shekels . Beat in 2 teaspoons milk . bit by bit beat in 3/4 cup extra powdery sugar . If necessary , beat in extra Milk River , 1 teaspoon at a time , to make a frosting of shoot consistency .

For longer repositing , store at way temperature for up to 3 days orfreeze for up to 3 month .

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

  • The % Daily Value ( DV ) tell you how much a food in a solid food serving contributes to a daily diet . 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice .