Back for Seconds

Recipes you can't resist!

  • Home
  • Recipes
  • Recipe Index
  • Work with Back For Seconds!
  • About Me
  • Contact Me
  • The Cookbook
  • Privacy Policy
You are here: Home / Dessert / Bars / Old Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies Recipe

Old Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies Recipe

February 18, 2022 by Stephanie Brubaker Leave a Comment

Sharing is caring!

4.6K shares
  • Share561
  • Tweet
  • Reddit
  • Yummly
  • Email

This Old Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies Recipe is a tried and true, favorite dessert! No one can resist the rich, fudgy brownies and crackly, cooked icing!

Homemade Brownies with Cooked Frosting on a green cake stand

 

Surely you are aware of my love for brownies by now, but just in case you are new to Back for Seconds, allow me to share with you a very important piece of information: I LOVE brownies! I love making them, I love eating them, I love coming up with recipes for new variations of them!

A few of our favorites, just to get you started, are these Salted Caramel Turtle Brownies (for all of my fellow salty and sweet lovers!), No Bake Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies, and these Fudgy White Chocolate Brownies. 

None of these last more than a hot minute in our house!

side shot of Old Fashioned Brownies with Cooked Fudge Frosting

Let’s talk about these Old Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies for a second. Are you familiar with lunch lady brownies?

This type of brownie was made popular in school cafeterias years ago. If you were lucky, a lunch lady has served you one of these brownies at some point in your school career.

If not, let me break them down for you.

overhead shot of stacked Old Fashioned Brownies with Cooked Fudge Frosting

 

They start off with a rich, fudgy, chewy homemade brownie. These are 100% amazing all on their own, but every once in awhile, a brownie with frosting is necessary!

This is no ordinary frosting. This is a cooked icing that almost tastes like fudge! When warm, it is gooey and delightful, and darn hard to resist atop a fresh from the oven brownie!

When the brownie icing cools, it forms a shell that crackles on the top and remains irresistibly fudgy underneath.

Either way, I promise, you can’t go wrong!

More Brownie Recipes to Try:

  • Homemade Butterfinger Fudge Brownies
  • Marshmallow Fudge Crunch Brownies
  • Peanut Butter Truffle Brownies
  • How to Make Brownies in the Crock Pot
  • Homemade Samoas Brownies

close up shot of Homemade Brownies with Cooked Frosting

 

Pro Tips and Questions you may have about making this Old Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies Recipe:

  • Make sure to use unsweetened cocoa powder when making homemade brownies. You can even use dark chocolate cocoa powder for a deeper, richer chocolate brownie, or a mix of the regular and dark!
  • Should I use a stand mixer when making homemade brownies? It’s actually better just to use a bowl and a spoon. Using a mixer can cause you to overtax the batter, which will result in a tough brownie. 
  • Can these Old Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies be made in advance? Yes! Make them the day before serving, to save some time. The cooked brownie frosting will have a nice crackle by then!
  • Can these brownies be frozen? The brownies themselves freeze beautifully, however, I would freeze them prior to frosting them. Add the icing after the brownies are thawed.

Dark Chocolate Brownies with Cooked Icing on green cake stand

 

 

Products used to make this Old Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies Recipe:



If you make these Lunch Lady Brownies with Cooked Icing, I would love for you to leave a star rating and comment here on the blog! It’s helps me to know what you are making and loving and it’s helpful to other readers as well!

If you take pictures, I’d love to see them!! Tag your recipe pictures with #backforsecondsrecipes on Instagram and tag me @BackforSeconds!

Lunch Lady Brownies collage photo

 

Be the first to get new recipes – Subscribe to Back For Seconds by Email

Follow Back for Seconds on social media!

FACEBOOK * INSTAGRAM * PINTEREST * TWITTER * EMAIL

Join the Back For Seconds Recipes Community Facebook Group where we can chat and share favorite recipes and tips with each other!

Homemade Brownies with Cooked Frosting on a green cake stand

Old Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies Recipe

Stephanie Brubaker
This Old Fashioned Lunch Lady Brownies Recipe is a tried and true, favorite dessert! No one can resist the rich, fudgy brownies and crackly, cooked icing!
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24

Ingredients
  

BROWNIES

  • 1 cup unsalted butter (melted)
  • 3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour

ICING

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions
 

Brownies

  • Preheat oven to 350
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the melted butter and cocoa powder.
  • Add the sugar, salt, and vanilla, and stir to combine.
  • Mix in the eggs, one at a time.
  • Stir in the flour, then spread the batter into a greased 13"9" pan.
  • Bake on the center rack for 20 minutes to until toothpick inserted into the center of the brownies comes out mostly clean with fudge crumbs. Allow to cool 10-15 minutes before adding the icing.

Icing

  • Add the butter, milk, and cocoa to a medium saucepan over medium low heat, whisking until melted and smooth.
  • Whisk in powdered sugar and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Boil for 2 minutes, then remove from heat and evenly pour over brownies. Allow the icing to set up before serving.
  • Store covered at room temperature.
Keyword brownies with cooked icing, frosted fudge brownies, lunch lady brownies, old fashioned brownie recipe

Be the first to get new recipes – Subscribe to Back For Seconds by Email

Originally published on Oct 23, 2019

Sharing is caring!

4.6K shares
  • Share561
  • Tweet
  • Reddit
  • Yummly
  • Email

Filed Under: Bars, Brownies, Dessert Tagged With: brownies with cooked icing, frosted fudge brownies, lunch lady brownies, old fashioned brownie recipe

« Homemade Milky Ways
Easy Homemade Twix Bars »

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Please follow & like us :)

RSS
Follow by Email
Facebook
Facebook
Pinterest
Pinterest
fb-share-icon
Instagram
Twitter
Visit Us
Follow Me
GET NEW RECIPES BY EMAIL

Search the Site

Welcome…

Welcome to BackForSeconds

Welcome! I'm Stephanie. Recipe developer, baker, photographer, and author here on Back For Seconds.

Read more →

Visit Back For Seconds's profile on Pinterest.

This Cookbook Makes a Great Gift!

This Cookbook Makes a Great Gift!

Copyright © 2023 Back For Seconds