Mint Sticks

(I got this recipe from Karen Harmon who is now married to Wayne Collier)

Ingredients:

Brownies:

6 beaten eggs

3 cups sugar

1-1/2 tsp. peppermint flavoring

6 ounces "Bakers" unsweetened chocolate

3 sticks of margarine (not butter)

2-1/4 cups flour

3/4 cups chopped nuts (optional)

Frosting:

1-1/2 sticks margarine (melted)

5-6 cups powdered sugar

1-1/2 tsp. peppermint flavoring

3-6 tbsp. of milk

(I usually also add a little bit of blue coloring to make the yellowish frosting into a pale green.)

Directions:

Brownies:

Melt margarine and chocolate together. In a large bowl beat eggs, add sugar, chocolate, flavoring and nuts. Beat with a mixer. Add flour and stir with large wooden spoon. Pour into a greased and floured pan (about 13" x 18" - and deeper than your normal cookie sheet). Bake at 350 degrees for 25 min. Take out and put in freezer for at least 1/2 hour. (The frosting is much easier to spread if the "brownie" layer is frozen.)

Frosting:

Mix frosting together, use a food processor if you can.

Take out frozen bottom, spread frosting on, working quickly - it freezes pretty fast. Melt half an ounce of unsweetened or bittersweet chocolate and some margarine and drizzle on top.