Irish Cream Brownies

Y'all I love my family dearly but sometimes you just need a drink to be able to deal with family gatherings. When you get 30 people with strong personalities, passive- aggressive tendencies and dry wits in one room and tell them to chat, sometimes you'll be amazed what comes out of their mouths. Since the law (and my parents) tend to frown upon putting a gin and tonic in a water bottle, I decided to make some Irish Cream brownies. The alcohol cooks out so that won't really take the edge off but the chocolate will. So lets make a toast to families. Here's to the ones we love and the ones who love to make us crazy. Cheers! 

Irish Cream Brownies:

1/2 cups of butter, melted

1 1/4 cups of sugar

1 cup of cocoa 

pinch of salt

1/2 cup Irish Cream

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1 egg white

3/4 cups of all purpose flour

Mix melted butter, sugar, cocoa, and salt until well combined. Stir in Irish Cream and eggs. Add flour and and mix thoroughly until the mixture is smooth. Bake in greased pan at 325 degrees for 25 minutes or until set.

Icing:

8 oz of cream cheese, softened

3 tbsp (or more if you want) of Irish Cream

1/4 cup of powdered sugar

6 oz of dark or semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

Mix the cream cheese, Irish Cream and sugar until smooth. Then add chopped chocolate and mix. 

After taking the brownies out of the oven, allow them to cool for a few minutes. While still barely warm, spread icing on brownies. (This way the chocolate kind of melts and swirls). Then enjoy with a delicious cup of coffee (with a little Bailey's)! 

-Ada Grey