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Chocolate Buttermilk Bars

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Time: 40 minutes

Yield: 15 servings

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There are desserts out there that taste like a warm hug. This is one of them. Chocolate Buttermilk Bars are tangy, rich, chocolatey delights — tender and fudgy, with a luscious chocolate frosting sweetly blanketing each bar. You can even make them red velvet if you want! For a luxury that everyone will enjoy, Chocolate Buttermilk Bars are the way to go!

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Ingredients

  • For the bars:
  • 1 cup butter, cubed, plus more, to taste, for greasing the pan
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more, to taste, for dusting the pan
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3-4 drops red food coloring, optional
  • For the frosting:
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk
  • 3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • salt, to taste
  • 3/4 cup walnuts, optional, chopped, for topping

Directions

Step 1 -In a saucepan over high heat, add 1 cup of the cubed butter, 1/4 cup of the baking cocoa, and the water and stir to combine.

Step 2 -Bring the cocoa mixture to a boil.

Step 3 -Transfer the cocoa mixture from the heat and allow it to cool.

Step 4 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 5 -Using the extra butter, grease a 15x10-inch baking pan, then using the extra flour, dust the greased pan.

Step 6 -In a large bowl, add 2 cups of the remaining flour, the sugar, the baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and whisk to combine.

Step 7 -Add the cocoa mixture and 1/2 cup of the buttermilk to the flour mixture and mix well to combine.

Step 8 -Add the eggs and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla to the flour mixture and beat to combine into a batter. Add the red food coloring now if red velvet bars are desired.

Step 9 -Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pan, spreading it out evenly.

Step 10 -Bake until the bars are set, about 20 minutes.

Step 11 -In a saucepan over medium-low heat, add 1/2 cup of the remaining butter, the remaining baking cocoa, and the remaining buttermilk, while stirring to combine.

Step 12 -Transfer the butter mixture from the heat as soon as the butter is melted and the mixture is combined.

Step 13 -Add the confectioners' sugar, the remaining vanilla, and the extra salt to the butter mixture and stir to combine.

Step 14 -Spread the frosting evenly over the warm bars.

Step 15 -Slice and serve topped with the walnuts.

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