Title

Cocoa Brownies

Subject

egg

sugar

butter

shortening

flour

cocoa

baking soda

milk

nuts

vanilla

confectioners sugar

Description

Cocoa Brownies A. Thornton

I egg
I cup sugar
½ " Melted butter or spry
I½ cups Flour add cocoa, 3 tablesps--sift several times.
½ teasp soda in flour
½ cup sweet milk
½ cup nuts--chopped fine
I teasp vanilla

Bake on cookie sheet for I5 minutes at 350'

I make a choclate frosten--
I cup confectioners sugar
¼ cup hot milk--large piece of butter

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# Cocoa Brownies

*From A. Thornton*

## Ingredients

- 1 egg
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup melted butter or shortening (Spry)
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3 Tbsp cocoa
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup whole milk (sweet milk)
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1 tsp vanilla

## Frosting Ingredients

- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 2-3 Tbsp cocoa (see Editor's Notes)
- 1/4 cup hot milk
- 2-3 Tbsp butter

## Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a rimmed cookie sheet or jelly roll pan.
2. Beat egg and sugar together until combined.
3. Stir in melted butter or shortening.
4. Sift together flour, cocoa, and baking soda several times until evenly combined.
5. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk, mixing until smooth.
6. Stir in chopped nuts and vanilla.
7. Spread batter evenly onto prepared cookie sheet — batter will be thin.
8. Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes until set and edges are just pulling away from pan.
9. Frost while still warm.

## Frosting Instructions

1. Combine confectioners sugar and cocoa in a bowl.
2. Melt butter into hot milk.
3. Pour hot milk mixture over sugar and cocoa; stir until smooth and glossy.
4. Pour immediately over warm brownies and spread evenly.
5. Allow to set before cutting into bars.

## Editor's Notes

- **Cocoa missing from frosting** — original card lists "chocolate frosting" but omits cocoa from the ingredients. A frosting of powdered sugar, hot milk, and butter alone produces a plain glaze rather than a chocolate one; 2-3 Tbsp cocoa inferred as the missing ingredient.

Creator

Alberta P. Thornton

Source

RCA0005 - VTG 175+ Recipes w Box Handwritten Clipped Breads Pies Casseroles Seafood Donut (eBay)

Date

1950s

Contributor

A. Thornton

Rights

Personal/Family

Format

Handwritten recipe card

Identifier

RCA0005-20260528-0096

Coverage

Maine, US