Lunch Lady Brownies
Lunch Lady Brownies are moist, full of chocolate flavor, and absolutely delicious. The best dessert for potlucks and parties!
Lunch Lady Brownies are the best brownies ever. They’re like the ones the lunch ladies served for school lunch dessert, but this homemade version is better!
I’ve been on a brownie kick lately. I don’t know what’s come over me. Maybe it’s the stress of selling our house (which we finally sold. Yay!) and it could also be the pre-stress of building the new one soon. I’m not quite sure. All I know is that these brownies were sent from heaven above. And that I ate four. For real. 😉
These Lunch Lady Brownies are simply incredible. Cake-like, filled with chocolate flavor, and totally amazing. Apparently, it’s an old recipe from the sweet ladies who served our lunches in Elementary school.
I honestly don’t remember the brownies in Elementary school, but I do remember the dinner rolls and pizza. Do you remember how good those rolls were? After I would eat mine I would go around the lunch table asking everyone else if I could have theirs. Haha.
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
Frosting
- 1/4 cup salted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup milk (I use 2%)
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a 9×13-inch baking dish with parchment paper. Set aside.
Pour the melted butter and cocoa powder in a large bowl. Using an electric hand-mixer, mix until smooth.
Add the flour and sugar. Beat together, then add eggs and vanilla. Mix until just combined. Don’t over mix. (Batter will be thick.)
Pour batter into the prepared baking dish and spread out evenly. Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out mostly clean. Remove from oven and allow to stand for 15 minutes before frosting. You want the brownies slightly warm when you frost them!
Chocolate Frosting
Beat together all of the frosting ingredients until smooth. Spread over the warm brownies. Let brownies cool completely before cutting and serving. Enjoy!
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Lunch Lady Brownies
Ingredients
Brownies
- 1 cup salted butter melted
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
Chocolate Frosting
- 1/4 cup salted butter softened
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup milk (I use 2%)
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a 9×13-inch baking dish with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Pour the melted butter and cocoa powder in a large bowl. Using an electric hand-mixer, mix until smooth.
- Add the flour and sugar. Beat together, then add eggs and vanilla. Mix until just combined. Don't over mix. (Batter will be thick.)
- Pour batter into the prepared baking dish and spread out evenly. Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out mostly clean. Remove from oven and allow to stand for 15 minutes before frosting. You want the brownies slightly warm when you frost them!
Chocolate Frosting
- Beat together all the frosting ingredients until smooth. Spread over the warm brownies. Let brownies cool completely before cutting and serving. Enjoy!
Notes
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Made these in a 13 x 17 pan, baked for 18 minutes – perfection!!!!!
Made this recipe. Used a little less sugar, about 1/4 c less. Still delicious. Didnt use frosting recipe bc my family prefers them plain. So i sifted powder sugar over top for the look mainly. Wonderful brownie recipe .
About the rolls, oh yesssss!! I would trade everything I could on my lunch plate just to get those rolls. They were the best!!!
made them around Christmas thought it was more like chocolate cake so made them again with half the flour it calls for and turned out more brownie like. super easy love this recipe.
I made these delicious brownies yesterday for my husband. He has a huge sweet tooth!
Thanks for sharing the recipe, for the brownies. Cant wait to make them. Pam from KC, Mo
how do you keep brownies from getting hard around the edges without underbaking the middle? that’s always been my problem. I’m definitely going to try this recipe.
This is the recipe you want to make to impress! My husband says these are as good as store bought!
He had me add sprinkles on top. These have that perfect balance of chewy and cake. Love the texture and flavor is perfect. I used a 10 x 16 pan made in preheated oven done at 18 minutes.
I make these several times a year. They’re always a hit! I double the recipe and use a small rimmed cookie sheet.
These brownies are very good! I have made them several times , and they always turn out nicely. Typically I add one tablespoon of coffee granules to the brownies and one teaspoon of same to the icing. Next time I make the icing I am going to experiment using the dark chocolate cocoa. Also I add around one cup of chopped walnuts to the brownies because I like the texture and taste.
Amazing!
Do these need to be refrigerated after they’re made these?
They do not need to be refrigerated 🙂
Amazing. only used 2 cups icing sugar in the frosting- preference for richer chocolate taste. Turned out perfect!
I’ve had these brownies saved on Pinterest for so long and I finally made them. They are absolutely delicious! The icing is perfect and we ate all of them!
Half the recipe, divide batter evenly into 4 greased ramekins, and air fry on 320 degrees for 17 minutes! Personal brownies!! And don’t forget the frosting!