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Best Brownies - Ever

These are a Hershey's recipe. They are my very favorite. I never add nuts and I never frost them - they don't need it!!

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions

1. 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
   
   
2. 2 Place butter in large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at MEDIUM (50%) 2 to
   2-1/2 minutes or until melted. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time,
   beating well with spoon after each addition. Add cocoa; beat until well blended.
   Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat well. Stir in nuts, if desired. Pour batter into
   prepared pan.
   
   
3. 3 Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
   Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Frost if desired. Cut into bars.
   About 36 brownies.

Here's a 9x9 version:

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING (recipe follows)

Directions

1. 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch square baking pan.
   
   
2. 2 Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in bowl. Add eggs; beat well with spoon.
   Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to egg mixture,
   beating until well blended. Stir in nuts, if desired. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
   
   
3. 3 Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
   Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Prepare CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING;
   spread over brownies. Cut into squares. About 16 brownies.
   
   
   CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING
   
   
4. 43 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
   
5. 53 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa
   
6. 61 tablespoon light corn syrup or honey
   
7. 71/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
   
8. 81 cup powdered sugar
   
9. 91 to 2 tablespoons milk
   
   Beat butter, cocoa, corn syrup and vanilla in small bowl until blended. Add powdered sugar and milk; beat to spreading consistency. About 1 cup frosting.

Mom's Broccoli Salad

2 bunches fresh raw broccoli (2-3 c chopped)

1 cup sunflower seeds
½ cup chopped red onion
1 cup golden raisins
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

1 pound bacon, cooked crisp, cooled, and drained

Mix all ingredients together in large mixing bowl. (Either cut the bacon in small pieces before cooking or crumble before adding to mixture.)

Sauce:
1 cup mayonnaise

1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon sugar

Mix together with wire whisk and pour over vegetable mixture, stirring to coat thoroughly. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Joan's Pie Crust

2 C flour

2/3 C butter-flavored shortening

1 t salt

(up to) 6 T cold water

Combine salt & flour. Cut in shortening (can do in food processor). Sprinkle on water lightly and toss with fork until begins to stick together and make a ball. Roll between two pieces of wax paper. Roll to 1/8 inch thick. Peel off one side of wax paper. Place paper back on crust and flip over. Peel off other side. Put crust in pan.

To pre-bake - preheat oven to 425* and bake 8-12 minutes (poke with fork or use pie weights).

PS - THANK YOU to Joan Justis for teaching me how to make this pie crust. My husband will be forever grateful.

Whit's Cinnamon Pie

1 c. sugar

2 Tbsp cinnamon
2 tbsp. flour
2 tbsp. cornstarch
Dash salt
1 c. evaporated milk

1 c. water
4 egg yolks
1/2 stick (1/4 c.) butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 baked pie shell (9-inch)

In double boiler (I make my own) combine evaporated milk and water. Mix together the 1 cup sugar, cinnamon, flour, cornstarch and salt. Stir into milk/water, then very gradually blend in slightly beaten egg yolks. Cut the half stick butter into several pieces and add to milk mixture. Cook in top of double boiler over simmering water, stirring constantly, until thick (consistency of pudding). Stir in vanilla. Cool.

Pour cream mixture into pie crust. Delicious!

Mom's Banana Bread (aka Betty Crocker)

1 ¼ C sugar
½ C butter or margarine, softened
2 eggs
1 ½ C mashed ripe bananas (3-4 medium)
½ C buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ½ C gold medal all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 C chopped nuts (optional)

1. Heat oven to 350° F. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans.


2. Mix sugar and butter in large bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into pans.


3. Bake loaves about 1 hour - until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Thanksgiving Menu - Whit

1. Cornucopia
2. Turkey - Alton Brown's recipe (Romancing the Bird)
1. Make the turkey early!
3. Stuffing
4. Mashed Potatoes
5. Gravy
6. Corn on the cob
7. Maddox Rolls
8. Strawberry Jello Salad (with pretzel crust)
9. Baked Beans
10. Broccoli Salad
11. Sparkling Drinks
12. Banana Cream Pie
13. French Silk Pie
14. Marie Callender's Dutch Apple Pie (yes, I buy this frozen)
15. Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream - Also an Alton Brown recipe - Churn Baby Churn
16. Cranberry something (changes)