Dulce de Leche Brownies

Hi everyone! Happy Sweet Tooth Saturday and day before Cinco de Mayo. Today I am going to share with you a delicious brownie recipe that will be perfect for your Cinco de Mayo celebration.

Dulce de Leche Brownies

Ingredients:

6 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs 

2 tsp vanilla

1 1/3 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 cup miniature semi sweet chocolate pieces

1 7oz jar of marshmallow cream

1 cup toasted chopped pecans

Dulce de Leche:

4 cups milk

1 cup sugar

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

In a medium sauce pan cook the unsweetened chocolate and butter until smooth.

Remove from heat and cool slightly. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line your 13x9 baking pan with foil and slightly grease.

Stir sugar into chocolate mixture. Add eggs, one at a time, beating with a spatula after each addition just until combined. Stir in vanilla.

In a small bowl stir together flour and baking soda.

Add flour mixture to chocolate mixture; stir just until combined. Stir in semisweet chocolate pieces. Pour batter into foiled pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until edges are set and center is almost set.

Remove brownies from oven. Immediately spoon marshmallow creme in mounds on top of hot brownies. Drop spoonfuls of dulce de leche between mounds of marshmallow creme. Let stand for a few minutes to soften. Using a table knife or narrow metal spatula, gently swirl marshmallow creme and dulce de leche together to marble. Sprinkle with pecans. Cool in pan on rack.

**To make the Dulce de Leche add all ingredients to a large sauce pan (it will try to over flow) on medium high heat. Stir vigorously for about 35 minutes. At the 20 minute mark it will start to turn a light brown and thicken. The longer you leave it on the heat the thicker it will become.

I love brownies and was leery to make homemade ones because the box mix is just so darn good. But it was definitely worth it. They were delicious and taste just as good or even batter than the box mix ;) I hope you try them out. 

See you next Saturday!