Coconut Pecan Crusted Brownies Recipes

COCONUT PECAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350°F Spray a 13 x 9-inch pan with no-stick cooking spray.
• In large bowl, combine brownie mix, water, oil and egg. Beat 50 strokes by hand. Add frosting and sour cream; mix well.
• Spread batter in prepared pan. Sprinkle pecans and chocolate chips evenly over top.
• BAKE 42 to 52 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool completely.
• Cut into bars.

COCONUT-PECAN-CRUSTED BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
• Make topping:
• In a 1 1/2-quart bowl stir together topping ingredients until combined well.
• Make brownie layer:
• In a 1 1/2-quart saucepan melt butter over moderately low heat. Remove pan from heat and stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition. Into a bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt and stir into butter mixture until just combined well.
• Spread batter evenly in pan and sprinkle with topping. Bake brownies in middle of oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until a tester comes out with crumbs adhering to it. Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack before cutting into 16 squares. Brownies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container at cool room temperature, 5 days.

FROSTED PECAN-COCONUT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Reserve 32 pecan halves for garnish; coarsely chop remaining pecans. Beat eggs and 2 cups of the brown sugar in large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Add butter, chocolate and vanilla; mix well. Stir in flour and salt until well blended. Add 1/2 cup of the coconut and 3/4 cup of the chopped pecans; stir. Pour batter into lightly greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake 30 min. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• Mix frosting, remaining 1/2 cup coconut, remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar and the remaining chopped pecans; spread over brownies. Cut into 32 pieces; top each with 1 pecan half. Store in tightly covered container at room temperature.