Recipe - Mississippi Mud Bars

1 cup Butter
One half cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
5 One half cup Sugar
4 lg Eggs
1 One half cup Flour
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract~
1 cup Chopped pecans
Chocolate frosting:
2 cup Confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoon Unsweetened cocoa powder
One half cup Melted butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 tablespoon Milk; (1 to 2)
One half cup Chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 9 by 13 inch baking pan with aluminum
foil. Extend end of foil 1 inch over sides of pan, grease and flour foil,
and set aside. In a medium saucepan, melt 1 cup butter. Stir in 1 One half cups
sugar and One half cups cocoa. Remove pan from heat and beat in eggs, one at a
time, until blended. Stir in flour and pecans until well blended. Pour into
prepared pan and bake 25 minutes or until cake tester inserted into center
comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack. Frosting: in a medium bowl,
combine confectioner's sugar and cocoa powder. Beat in butter and vanilla
until smooth. Beat in enough milk until fluffy and spreadable. Using ends
of foil, lift brownie layer from pan. Spread top with frosting. Sprinkle
with One half cup pecans. Cut into 2 by 1 inch bars and store in air tight
container.
Recipe By : DESSERT SHOW #DS3041

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #227

Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 19:41:13 0500

From: Jackie Bordelon jbord@premier.net