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!
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wow. what an amazing recipe. I love that all these items were already in my pantry. a definite keeper. brownie cake was super moist and frosting was perfect!
I just made these and they are amazing!!! Definitely super dense and fudge-like – everyone has loved them! the chocolate frosting is really good. great recipe!
These are not just good they are to die for thanks
Really good! My frosting came out darker than yours. Very thick batter and frosting, but spreadable. I added a pinch of salt to batter and frosting. Will definitely make this again. Already shared Recipe with 2 friends.
These are the bomb! I made these for father’s day and everyone loved them. They taste just like texas sheetcake to me, haven’t made that in awhile. Thanks for wonderful recipe holly!
Found this recipe YEARS AGO AND ITS THE ONLY ONE I’VE USED SINCE. THEY COME OUT GREAT EVERY TIME!
thest are the best brownies!!! everytime i make them, they’re the hit of the party!
I have made these multiple times – great recipe that never lets you down!
Do you store these in the REFRIGERATOR or countertop and how long will the stay good?
I personally like to store them in the fridge, but they are fine to be store covered on the countertop too.
OMG, these are absolutely delicious!
These were absolutely delicious!! Thank you!!
These are great! If I half the recipe what size pan should I use? Its TOO much for just 2 people.
Just use an 8×8 square baking dish when you halve this recipe 🙂
i’ve made these brownies about 5 times in two months. Rave reviews everytime! Fantastic!
Great recipe, made these yesterday, turned out great! Will be making again, thanks!
This is the only recipe I use to make brownies! I have made them several times and they turn out great.
Do I use salted or unsalted butter?
I use salted butter in 99% of my recipes, including these yummy brownies. It’s just a personal preference 🙂
I made these Brownies the other day and………. wow, these are soooo good! So moist and tasty, WILL BE MAKING THEM AGAIN SOON.
Just made a batch and they Are so good. Ok to store at room temp or best to put in fridge??
Either works fine! If you store on the counter just make sure they are wrapped up. They should stay good for a couple of days left that way. In the fridge they’ll last a few days longer 🙂
Make sure to add 1 teaspoon of salt to this recipe! It just isn’t the same without it. Also, double the recipe and bake in a cookie sheet (jelly roll) pan – it makes a party!
They are pretty good! Very glad I made the frosting. The brownies are very dense but still yummy with the frosting!
They work great as Brownie cupcakes too! I followed the same recipe but the only cooked them for about 20 minutes instead!
I have made these brownies at least 100 times, and they are scarfed up every single time!!, So good and moist and chocolately!!
Now, about those lunch rolls!! They were SO GOOD, SO GOOD, SO GOOD!! And in high school, the sweet ladies would make them into cinnamon rolls on Fridays! Oh my goodness! I think the rolls were 0.15 each day, and I’d get a glass of sweet tea for a quarter, so my lunch would be 40 cents! But on Fridays, I believe the cinnamon rolls were 25 cents so I’d spend a whopping 50 cents for my lunch. The cinnamon rolls and the ice tea were both extra large! (That’s been over 40 years ago, and I still remember how good they were!)
Amy, I loved your comment! Yes, our lunch rolls were so good too! I used to ask everyone at the lunch table if I could eat their roll. lol Yum, I am sure those cinnamon rolls were awesome! Thanks for your cute story!
I made these last night to celebrate submitting my final assignment for my masters degree and they were the perfect way to celebrate. at church today, I could not stop thinking about coming home a devouring another brownie!
These are the best in the whole world.
Holy Cow! These are delicious!