Audi Lewis, 12, earned a blue ribbon for her Fudgy Brownies with Cookies and Cream Frosting recipe.
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Editor’s note: The Daily Reporter is featuring local recipes and the stories behind them. Here, Deborah Green shares about her granddaughter, Audi Lewis of Fortville.
“She may only be 12 years old, but Audi Lewis has been competing with the adults in the Culinary Department at the Indiana State Fair for four years, often placing in the competitions,” Green writes. “This year she competed in the King Arthur Baking Company Brownie Contest for youth ages 17 and below. Contestants had to create an original brownie and were judged on taste, creativity, and texture/consistency. Her Fudgy Brownies with Cookies and Cream Frosting took top honors and won her a Blue Ribbon and a King Arthur gift card. The brownies are a family favorite already.”
Audi is a 4-year 4-H member and recently joined her mom, sister and grandmother as a member of the Ahwenasha Extension Homemakers. While her recipe is too new to be in the “Homemade Hometown Favorites” cookbook of the Hancock County Extension Homemakers, the grandmother-granddaughter duo does have a pancake recipe in there. The book is available for $10 with proceeds benefiting local organizations. For information, call Margie Clark at 317-498-1549.
Here is Audi’s prize-winning brownie recipe:
Fudgy Brownies with Cookies and Cream Frosting
Brownie Ingredients:
2 sticks butter (1 cup)
4 oz. bittersweet baking chocolate, chopped
4 oz. semisweet baking chocolate, chopped
4 large eggs
½ tsp salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup King Arthur All-Purpose flour
Frosting Ingredients:
10 Oreo cookies
1 cup salted butter, room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
2 Tb. heavy whipping cream
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9×13 pan by greasing it or lining it with parchment paper.
2. Microwave butter in a medium bowl until melted. Add the chopped chocolates and
whisk until smooth.
3. Whisk eggs in a large bowl. Add salt, sugars, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Whisk in
the chocolate/butter mixture then add the flour and mix until the batter is uniformly
smooth.
4. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes until the top is shiny
and a toothpick inserted in the middle is mostly clean
While brownies are cooling, prepare the frosting:
1. Pulse cookies in a food processor or blender until they are very fine. Set aside.
2. In a stand mixer, beat butter with ½ cup of powdered sugar. Keep adding 1/2 cup at a time until it is well combined.
3. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the cream, vanilla, and cookies. Mixed until
combined.
4. Spread on the brownies and cut into desired sizes.
