Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
- a generous 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- Icing and topping:
- 1 3/4 sticks butter
- a generous 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- 1 bag small pretzels
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. While that comes to a boil, melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat. Whisk in the cocoa. Whisk the boiling water into the butter and cocoa mixture. Let it boil for 1 minute then remove from the heat and set aside to cool briefly.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Stir together and set aside. Pour the chocolate mixture in and whisk until there are no more dry pockets.
- In another bowl, mix together the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla and eggs until even, then pour into the flour and chocolate mixture and stir with a spoon until smooth.
- Pour into an ungreased jelly roll pan (or rimmed baking sheet). Arrange the small pretzels in rows over the batter and then bake for 20 minutes.
