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PlayFood: Chocolate Peppermint Squares

"Bad-mint-on"
"Bellaminta"

from Boston Tea Parties, Judith F. Chamberlain and Janet R. Sears, editors,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1987 " Chocolate Peppermint Squares"

2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
½ cup butter
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
dash salt
½ cup flour
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Melt chocolate and butter over hot water; set aside. 
Cream together eggs, sugar, peppermint extract and salt.
Add chocolate mixture. 
Stir in flour and nuts. 
Pour into greased 9x9x2-inch pan and bake in a 350 oven for 20-25 minutes. 
Cool and spread frosting.

Frosting

2 Tbsp butter, softened
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 Tbsp cream
3/4 tsp peppermint extract

Mix above ingredients together until smooth. Frost cake and refrigerate until chilled and set.

Glaze

1 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 Tbsp butter

Melt together chocolate and butter. Drizzle over cake, tilling pan until glaze covers all. Refrigerate 5 minutes 
to firm glaze. Cut into squares.

Yield: 3 dozen