Crème De Menthe Brownies

Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) Purity butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan.

Using an electric mixer, combine butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, mixing well.

In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Gradually stir into butter mixture. Spoon into greased pan. Bake for 35 minutes. Remove pan from the oven and allow brownies to cool in pan on wire rack.

Top brownie with Purity Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, chocolate sauce (recipe below) and shaved mint thins (Andes brand recommended).

Chocolate Sauce for Crème De Menthe Brownies
- 2 squares bakers unsweetened chocolate
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) Purity butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 dash salt
- 1 small can (5 oz) Carnation Evaporated Milk
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla

Melt Purity butter and chocolate then add remaining ingredients. Cook over low heat.

The sauce is ready when it thickens enough to coat the spoon.

At-Home Marble Slabs

Freeze a small marble slab, use Purity Vanilla or Chocolate Ice Cream, then get creative.

Fold in your favorite ingredients -- white chocolate chips, raspberries, crushed heath bars, M&M's, Oreos, butterfingers, pecans, etc. -- into plain ice cream.