Zucchini Brownies with 1 minute frosting

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups grated zucchini, undrained (about one large)
1 Minute Frosting
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour a 9x13 pan.
3. Combine oil, sugar, egg and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder and baking soda. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture and stir well. It will appear quite dry... TRUST the recipe. Gently stir in the zucchini and spread the mixture into your prepared pan.
4. Bake 25-30 minutes.
Frosting
5. While cake is cooling, combine butter, milk and sugar in a small pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Allow to boil vigorously for 30 seconds. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips. Immediately pour over warm brownies. Let cool completely before cutting.

Notes:

These were super moist and delicious… and you’d never know there was a secret ingredient in there!

One thing you need to know about this recipe… when you get the flour/sugar combined… just before you add the zucchini the consistency will seem dry.. almost sandy.  TRUST the recipe.. just go with it! You’ll be glad you did!  Stir in the zucchini and your batter will moisten and be nice and thick and yummy.  Make sure you don’t squeeze or drain your zucchini and you’ll be just fine!

The 1 Minute Frosting is a recipe I’ve been using for years and it’s easy and yummy!  It works perfectly on any cake or brownie recipe that is contained in a pan!

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