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Chocolate Mint Bars

from the Recipe File of Edna Riveland · The Tinfully Family

Oven 350° · 175 °C25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 squares chocolate, melted
  • ½ cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup flour, sifted
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
  • ½ cup nuts, chopped
  • Frosting
  • 2 tablespoons butter, soft
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
  • green food coloring
  • 1½ teaspoons cream, to spread
  • ½ package chocolate chips

Method

  1. Melt the chocolate and butter.
  2. Add the sugar, eggs, flour, salt, peppermint extract, and nuts.
  3. Spread in a greased 9x13 pan.
  4. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes.

Frosting

  1. Mix soft butter, powdered sugar, peppermint extract, and green food coloring together.
  2. Add cream a little at a time until the frosting is spreadable.
  3. Melt 2 tablespoons butter with 1/2 package (or 6 ounces) chocolate chips.
  4. Spread the melted chocolate mixture over the top of the mint frosting.

Card notes a frosting recipe is on the back (not transcribed). I got this recipe from Inez Anderson.

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