{"id":4903,"date":"2010-03-19T01:13:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T06:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=4903"},"modified":"2010-03-19T01:13:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T06:13:52","slug":"ganache-topped-mint-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/19\/ganache-topped-mint-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganache-Topped Mint Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mint Cheesecake:<\/strong><br \/>\n8 ounces cream cheese, softened<br \/>\n1\/4 cup sugar<br \/>\n1 egg<br \/>\n1 teaspoon mint extract<br \/>\n4 drops green food dye, if desired<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brownies:<\/strong><br \/>\n2 sticks butter, melted<br \/>\n2 cups sugar<br \/>\n3 tablespoons water<br \/>\n3 large eggs<br \/>\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract<br \/>\n2 cups flour<br \/>\n1-1\/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder<br \/>\n3\/4 teaspoon baking powder<br \/>\n1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ganache Topping:<\/strong><br \/>\n8 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate<br \/>\n3\/4 cup cream<br \/>\n1 tablespoon butter<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0 F. In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese, 1\/4 cup of sugar, 1 egg, mint extract and food dye until smooth.  Set aside.  In a large bowl mix together 2 cups of sugar, melted butter and the water.  Beat in 3 eggs and vanilla extract.  Sift together flour, cocoa powder baking powder and salt and stir into the wet ingredients.  Pour into a greased or parchment-lined 9&#8243;x13&#8243; pan and spread evenly.  Top with mint cheesecake mixture.  Bake at 350\u00b0 F for 30-35 minutes or until set.<\/p>\n<p>When the brownies are out of the oven and cool start making the ganache.  In a saucepan over medium heat bring the butter and cream just to a boil.  Immediately remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate pieces until completely melted.  Pour over the brownies.  Spread to cover and store in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p>Makes 20-24 brownies.<br \/>\n<center><font size=1>Copyright &copy; <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\">Food for My Family<\/a>.<\/center><\/font>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mint Cheesecake: 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1\/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon mint extract 4 drops green food dye, if desired Brownies: 2 sticks butter, melted 2 cups sugar 3 tablespoons water 3 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups flour 1-1\/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 3\/4 teaspoon baking powder 1\/4 teaspoon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recipe-cards","7":"entry"},"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4903"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4908,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions\/4908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}