I don't think it was the marshmallows - I think you may have overbaked them.
Step 1:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2:
Grease an 8-by-8-by-2-inch baking pan. Set aside.
Step 3:
Melt butter and chocolate together in a medium-sized saucepan over low heat. Or place them in a microwave-safe container and heat - 2 minutes at a time at 50 percent power - until melted (check after every 2 minutes). Remove from heat.
Step 4:
Stir in eggs, sugar and vanilla with a wooden spoon. Beat lightly until just combined.
Step 5:
Stir in flour and nuts.
Step 6:
Spread batter in baking pan. Bake 30 minutes.
Step 7:
Cool brownies on a wire rack. Cut into bars.
Tips & Warnings
* Don't overbake the brownies. You don't want them to be dry and crumbly when they cool.
If you want to add marshmallows to your brownies -
Rocky Road Brownies
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
3/4 cup plain flour
2 rounded Tbsps. cocoa
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 1/2 cups walnuts (chopped)
Cream sugar and butter then add eggs. Sift together flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder. Stir the dry mixture into the creamed then fold in 1 cup of the nuts. Bake in an 8 X 8 X 2 inch dark pan at 350 for 22 to 25 mins. Cover the hot cake with the other half of the nuts then a layer of marshmallows then spread the following Icing on the still warm cake.
Icing
1/2 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
3 Tbsps. cocoa
4 Tbsps. milk
2 tsp. vanilla
Mix all ingredients well and try to spread over the brownies without disturbing the marshmallows, or nuts. Let cool completely before cutting inside the pan.
Hope this helps (and gives me another "brownie point" - LOL!)
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