ANDES MINT BROWNIES BOX MIX RECIPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter or margarine until creamy. Add the sugar, and beat until mixed well. Beat in egg and mint extract.
• Sift flour, cocoa, and salt together into a small bowl. Add flour mixture by halves into creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Divide dough in half. On lightly floured surface roll dough into two 1 1/2 inch diameter cylinders. Wrap each cylinder in waxed paper, and refrigerate 5 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Thirty minutes prior to baking, place both cylinders in freezer.
• Remove one cylinder at a time, and slice 1/4 inch thick pieces with very sharp knife. Place on cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter or margarine and the semisweet chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave. Drizzle over warm cookies. Place on wire racks, and let cool and harden completely.

Steps:

• Add the shallots and garlic to the bowl of a mini food processor and process until minced. Transfer them to a small bowl and add the red wine vinegar. Let the mixture sit for at least 20 minutes while you prepare the rest of the sauce.
• Add the olives capers, and anchovies to the mini food processor and pulse until minced. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl.
• Add the leaves and small stems of the parsley and mint to the mini food processor and pulse until minced. Add the mixture to the bowl with the olives and capers.
• Add the shallot and garlic mixture, olive oil, lemon zest and juice, hot sauce, and salt to the medium bowl and stir everything together. Let sit for 30 minutes before using.