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The best brownie frosting recipe!

If You Give a Mouse a Brownie

Brownies are one of our favorite desserts in this house! It’s such an easy and fun recipe to make. I love that it’s an simple and yummy one to make with kids too.

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I’m sure you all know and love the classic book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. That book has been a favorite of mine for so many years. Can you believe it’s been around for 30 years now!? And they have so many other fun books in the If You Give series. You can find all those here. And now the mouse is back in the new book If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by the #1 New York best-selling team Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond. With its spare, rhythmic text and circular tale, this book is perfect for beginning readers and is a fun story for all kids. This book just came out on October 18th. I’m so glad I have a copy now of both of these books!

If You Give a Mouse a Brownie boys

My boys were super excited to read these books. My oldest was more than happy to read these books to his younger brother. They thought the books were so funny! They both knew after we were going to make brownies and they couldn’t wait!

If You Give a Mouse a Brownie

They were eager to get baking!

If You Give a Mouse a Brownie boys

My cute little bakers!

Brownie Frosting

We decided it would be fun to frost the brownies so after it cooled we topped it with the best brownie frosting ever! (Recipe below!) I’ve worked on perfecting this recipe over the years and I have to say it’s perfect! It’s super simple. Just butter, powdered sugar, a little milk, vanilla and pinch of salt but don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the ingredients. It’s amazing! Everyone will fight to lick the bowl!

 

Brownie Frosting

We added chocolate chips to our batter (chocolate chunks are also a favorite of mine to add to brownies) and these were some of the best brownies ever! If you want to make homemade brownies try my all-time favorite homemade brownie recipe.

Brownie Frosting

Brownie Frosting

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-3 tablespoons whole milk or cream

Instructions

  1. Using a stand mixer or handheld mixer, mix together the butter, cocoa and salt until smooth. Then add in the powdered sugar and beat on low. Add in the vanilla and 1 tablespoon of milk. Add more milk ½ tablespoon at a time if needed for desired consistency. Mix for 1-2 minutes longer, until smooth and fluffy.
  2. Spread evenly on brownies. (This frosting is enough to frost an 8x8 pan of brownies.)
© Becky
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My kids and I had so much fun reading If You Give a Mouse a Brownie and making brownies together. It made for such a fun activity. And you can also download the Mouse and Friends Activity Guide for even more fun!

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Comments

  1. I loved these books as a kid. My son would love if you give a pig a party because he loves pigs currently!

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    • Thanks Melissa! Yeah, these books are perfect for reading with little ones then baking! 🙂 I’m going to read the other ones with my kids and bake with them for fun activities.

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  18. I love If You Give a Moose a Muffin. That was actually the first one of all of these books that I read as a child.

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  20. If you Give a Moose a Muffin was my son’s favorite book growing up — I must have read this to him at least 1000 times. I would like to read If you Give a Pig a Party to my grandson.

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  22. We love “If You Give a Moose a Muffin”, and haven’t read the Dog one yet. Definitely will check it out at the library this week!

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  38. The first book, ‘If You Give a Mouse a Cookie…’ is actually the only one my kids have read. The library has some of the others, but they always seem to be checked out.

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  47. I have never read any of these books but If i gave a cat a cupcake sounds like it would appeal the most to my daughter but they all sound great

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  70. These books are the best ever. I often find myself quoting them in real life situations and my not-mom friends have no idea what I’m talking about. If you give a moose a muffin or if you give a pig a pancake are two of the best in the series – next to the original.

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  75. We love If You Give A Mouse A Cookie! We read it almost every night, it’s a big favorite with all three of my kiddo’s!

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  88. My favorite is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… I have read this book to all four of my kids and they all look love it. We still pull it out she ready it at least once a week.

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  96. I LOVE If You Give a Pig a Pancake…probably because it was the first book in this series that I ever read to my own children!

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  97. My daughter has all these books except this one which she saw the other day in Barnes and Nobles, along with the tumbler and went nuts over. We told her to add it to her wish list for Santa. I really can not say which is the favorite because we love them all so much. They are really creative and fun to read.

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