The Best Brownies EVER!!

Okay, so I know I just wrote this little "shpeel" on going vegan, but I had to post this recipe for you. Every couple of months, our care group at church has dinner before our Wednesday night study. Tonight is one such night and The Mitchell Family is responsible for bringing a salad and some dessert. The salad will be basic, so to all my care group friends reading this...I'm sorry in advance for my boring salad. But, I am baking brownies that will surely make up for it! Here is the recipe, just in case you guys are interested:

BROWNIES
2/3 cup butter (it MUST be real butter--I use Amish butter from our local produce store)
5 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
1 3/4 cup sugar (I use demerarra sugar--it's the best)
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon Bailey's Irish Cream
3 large eggs
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chunks

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of a square pan (9X9X2) with shortening.
2. Melt butter and chocolate in 1 qt saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Cool slightly.
3. Beat sugar, vanilla, Irish Cream, and eggs in medium bowl with electric mixer on high for 5 minutes. Beat in chocolate mixture on low speed. Beat in flour just until blended. Stir in chocolate chunks. Spread into pan.
4. Bake until brownies pull away from sides of pan.
5. While the brownies are baking, mix frosting:

FROSTING
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons Bailey's Irish Cream
1 tablespoon milk

6. Mix powdered sugar and butter in medium bowl. Stir in vanilla, Irish Cream, and milk. Beat until smooth and spreadable.
7. After brownies have baked, make sure they have cooled completely. Ice the brownies with all of the frosting mixture. Let frosted brownies sit out at room temp for several hours (this is the key to keeping them good and moist). You can eat them now or refridgerate until later.

These brownies are sooooo good. They are very, very rich, but as my sweet Mitch always says, "Go big or go home!" If you are interested in other great recipes, check out a blog that I contribute to called Easy Meals for Busy Moms. It's put together by a bunch of ladies from our church, who are all amazing cooks. Enjoy!