INGREDIENTS
¼ cup margarine or butter
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, cut up
¾ cup sugar
2 eggs
¼ cup frozen Florida orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 teaspoon vanilla
¾ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
Orange-Fudge Frosting (see recipe below)
PREPARATION
• Grease an 8x8x2 inch baking pan; set aside. In a medium saucepan melt margarine or butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Cool 5 minutes. Add the sugar, eggs, thawed orange juice concentrate, orange peel, and vanilla. Beat by hand just until combined.
• Stir in flour, nuts, and baking soda until combined. Spread the batter in prepared baking pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes for a fudgy brownie. For a firmer brownie, bake 25 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Spread Orange-Fudge Frosting over cooled brownies. If desired, score frosting decoratively with tines of fork. Cut into bars.
Yield: 16 brownies
Orange-Fudge Frosting
1 ½ cups sifted powder sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons softened margarine or butter
1 tablespoon frozen Florida orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 tablespoon boiling water
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• In a medium mixing bowl stir together sifted powder sugar and unsweetened cocoa powder. Add softened margarine, Florida orange juice concentrate, boiling water, and vanilla extract. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until combined. Beat on medium speed for 1 minute more. Stir in ½ teaspoon finely shredded Florida orange peel.