Chocolate Cinnamon Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened plus
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa, plus
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or pecans)
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. lightly grease/spray an 8" square baking pan.
• 2 beat butter and sugar and vanilla until creamy; add eggs, one at a time beating well after each.
• 3 in a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa; stir well. add this flour mixture into the creamed mixture and beat well.
• 4 spoon half of this batter into the prepared 8" square pan, spreading evenly.
• 5 in a small bowl, stir together brown sugar, nuts and cinnamon. sprinkle this mixture evenly over the 1/2 brownie batter in pan.
• 6 spoon/dallop remaining brownie batter over top; spread evenly.
• 7 bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick poked in center comes out clean.
• 8 cool in pan on a wire rack,.