To. Die. For. Chocolate Frosted Brownies (Leisa)

Brownies:

2 sticks unsalted butter                                

½ cup cocoa                                                

2 cups sugar                                                

1 TBS. vanilla

1 ½ cups flour

½ tsp. salt

Melt butter in a sauce pan over medium heat.  Whisk in cocoa until smooth.  Pour into bowl.  Add sugar and vanilla.  Mix on medium speed until everything is mixed well.  Add eggs, one at a time, to the batter.  Add flour and salt.  Mix.  Pour into greased 9 x 13 pan, and bake at 350° for 25 minutes.  Once brownies have cooled, spread a generous amount of frosting over the top.

Frosting (The  To. Die. For. Part):

1 stick butter at room temperature               

5 TBS. whipping cream                                 

1 tsp. vanilla

3 Cups powdered sugar

1/3 Cup cocoa

Cream butter on high.   Add cream and vanilla.  Mix.  Add half the powdered sugar mix, then repeat.  (Do half at a time so that you don’t end up in a giant powdered sugar cloud around you).  Add cocoa.  Adjust consistency to your liking by adding either 1 TBS. milk at a time to desired consistency, or  ½ cup powdered sugar until you reach desired consistency.