For Christmas one year, a friend gave us a pan of these delicious brownies. Before I figured out their secret was cinnamon, half the pan was already gone! &mdash;Gail Mehle, Rock Springs, Wyoming

Cinnamon Brownies

baking cocoa

baking soda

butter, melted, divided

water

sugar

eggs, room temperature, beaten

vanilla extract

all-purpose flour

cinnamon

salt

chocolate chips

FROSTING:

butter, softened

confectioners' sugar

evaporated milk

Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, whisk cocoa and baking soda; blend in 1/3 cup melted butter. Add boiling water, stirring until thickened. Stir in sugar, eggs, vanilla and remaining butter. Add flour, cinnamon and salt. Fold in chocolate chips. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs, about 40 minutes. Cool.

For frosting, cream butter in a bowl. Combine cocoa, confectioners' sugar and cinnamon; add alternately with the milk. Beat to a spreading consistency; add vanilla. Add more milk if necessary. Spread over the brownies.

I read the reviews and I really like cinnamon so I thought I would try these but since I never bake any brownies for 40 minutes, I decided to check these after 30 minutes and they were done then. I also don't think I used the full amount of milk. I had my stand mixer going with all the frosting ingredients in it except for the milk. That I added slowly with the mixer going until it looked like frosting. I had enough but it wasn't runny at all. When I make them again, I may add some freshly grated nutmeg. We like it but it may not be for everyone.

These were very good and a nice change from the usual brownie recipe. I love the special taste that the cinnamon provides. I have also baked them without the chocolate chips, and they still turned out excellent. I like going with the 1 teaspoon of cinnamon because it gives a more subtle taste.

I felt like there was a lot of frosting, and it did not set at all - it wasn't really runny that it was dripping off the edges but it would get onto your hand as soon as you slightly touched it.  As for the brownies themselves, they weren't moist/soft. I felt this was too dry for a brownie - I like mines moist

The cinnamon taste was interestingly unusual, but they weren't chocolatey enough or moist enough. There was also too much frosting in my opinion.

Very good taste, loved the cinnamon addition, but weren't very moist, even bordering on dry. Also WAY too much frosting 1/2 the amount would have been MORE than enough. I would have normally thought the dryness came from overbaking, but only left in for 35 minutes, not the whole 40 as the recipe called for. I was really disappointed in this recipe.

These are hands down the best brownies I've ever made.  The cinnamon in them makes them taste slightly exotic, yet the chocolate still lends itself to a traditional brownie flavor.  The highest compliment I can give them is that a friend of mine who refuses to eat anything other than wholesome, healthy food, was eating leftover crumbs from the pan because she couldn't get enough of them.  These brownies are definitely not healthy, but they're certainly decadent!

After reading the reviews I hope to boost the ratings of this 5 star recipe because these brownies were really that good!  If a person feels strongly about cinnamon, use the smaller amount called for.  I did everything called for in this recipe, but one thing.  I added a tsp. of instant coffee granules to boost the chocolate flavor.  My family loves these and hope others will give them a try.

Delicious!!!!!!   Most people cannot identify the "mystery ingredient", they do however, recognize an excellent brownie.

These were a hit with my friends!  Moist and tasty!

The amount of cinnamon in this recipe is correct and always has been. There is another Cinnamon Brownie recipe on TasteofHome.com and that one uses 1 tablespoon of cinnamon. If anyone thinks that would be too strong, it could be reduced to 2 teaspoons.We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion.Taste of Home Test Kitchen

We really liked these.  I was worried about the cinnamon, but we all liked the taste.  I even forgot to add the vanilla to the frosting, but you couldn't even tell.

cinnamon brownies

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total: 60 minutes

Servings: 3

Author : Taste of Home Editors

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