Pennsylvania Dutch Brownies

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 (1 ounce) square unsweetened chocolate
• 1/4 cup light molasses
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup + 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1 1/8 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 13 x 9 inch metal baking pan; set aside.
2. In a 4 quart saucepan, melt butter with chocolate over low heat. Remove saucepan from heat. With wire whisk or fork, stir in molasses, then eggs.
3. With a spoon, stir in flour, ginger, cloves, baking soda, salt, 1 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon just until blended. Spread batter evenly in pan. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, until a wooden pick inserted 2 inches from edge comes out clean.
4. Meanwhile, in a cup, combine remaining 2 teaspoons sugar and 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon; set aside.
5. Remove pan from oven; immediately sprinkle brownies with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Cool brownies in pan on wire rack at least 2 hours.
6. When cool, cut brownies lengthwise into 3 strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 5 pieces. Cut each piece diagonally in half.

Attribution

Good Housekeeping Christmas Joys - Hearst Books