Vegan Mint Brownies - Just in time for the holidays!

My vegan chocolate cake created quite a stir.  I had people from all over the world checking it out.  To follow it up, I figured something Vegan, geared for the season was in order.

These brownies are made with love, and are 100% vegan friendly.
Give 'em a try!

2 cups flour
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup cocoa
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder (keep if you like more cake like, eliminate if you like it to be more dense)
1 cup water
1 1/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp peppermint extract


Preheat oven to 350

1.  Blend all dry ingredient together evenly in a medium-large bowl, a wire whisk helps with this.

2. In a medium bowl, blend wet ingredient together.

3.  Add wet ingredients to dry, blend until smooth.

4.  In a 9x14, oiled and then dusted with cocoa, pour batter in, and even out in the pan.  Place in over, and bake for aproximately 30 minutes, or until firm.

Wait until cooled, and then it is safe to cut and or add icing.

To make icing:

3 cups icing sugar
3-4 tbs water (or more, or less, make it the consistency you like!)
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp pepperment extract
3-4 drops green food coloring.

Add oil and water to the icing sugar in a bowl.  The amount of water is relative to the texture you'd like the icing.  Add slowly to get your desired texture.  Add the food coloring at the end once icing is the way you'd like it.  Blend until smooth

Spread over brownies.
Add crushed candy cane for a nice festive topping.

Eat it up, and don't tell people it's vegan, and they'll never know the difference.
And remember, BE A MAN!

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