This recipe comes from the Joy the Baker cookbook. It’s a pretty great baking cookbook indeed. If you scroll down the post a bit, you’ll find my review of the cookbook and a little more information about it. Joy tops these brownies with a Chocolate Buttercream Frosting in her book. Her frosting has Ovaltine Powder in it, which is pretty much brilliant. If I had Ovaltine Powder in my house… it would be a very dangerous thing indeed. I was truly obsessed with Ovaltine Powder and its magical qualities of transforming milk into something wonderful when I was a pre-teen. I.used.to.eat.it.obsessively.by.the.spoonful! #confession I can’t even imagine what these beautiful brownies would taste like with Ovaltine. I think they’d be SO DELICIOUS! There is absolutely nothing better than a perfect, chocolatey, fudgy brownie. Don’t you agree? This is that sort of brownie recipe.
Anyway… I like to top Joy’s brownies with a simple chocolate glaze instead. It works for me, and it works for these brownies, and it works for everyone who consumes them. They are always a huge hit! See those fudgy brownies with that thick layer of glaze? That’s why I love them so much! If you’re a total chocolate lover, then I think you’ll really enjoy these brownies. This brownie recipe is a major keeper!
I have had the good fortune of meeting Joy the Baker a few times. She’s a fun, flirty, cute, single girl. I’d totally set her up with my best guy friend if he wasn’t already married. Joy’s debut cookbook, Joy the Baker, was released at the end of February. Her book is no less than awesome. Joy shot all of her own photography, and I love all of her tidbit stories and intros to her recipes. The girl is just plain cool. I’m excited to try the following recipes from this book: Baked Coffee Cake French Toast, Giant Cinnamon Rolls with Buttermilk Glaze, Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes, Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies, Peanut Butter Birthday Cake, Pineapple Malted Milkshake, Strawberry Cookie Dough Ice Cream, Chocolate Malt Bread Pudding and Vanilla Bean Snickerdoodles. Everything looks so good!
If you’re lurking around these brownies, that probably means you are a lover of chocolate. You might also enjoy my Chewy Gooey Flourless Chocolate Cookies or this Molten Chocolate Cake. Chocolate Banana Muffins would be a nice way to begin your day if you’re a chocolate lover too!
