I am baking again...congo bars

[yellowdogintexas]

to take to this Christmas party tonight.

2 1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c of butter
1 c of flour
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 c choc chips
1 c nuts


melt the butter, stir in the brown sugar. let cool..add the beaten eggs, vanilla salt ant flour. stir until thoroughly blended. Add the nuts and choc chips.

Pour into a greased 9x12 (roughly) pan.

Bake @ 325 about 20 minutes.

Let cool before cutting.

YUM YUM

[Longhorn]

1. I made these tonight after I saw your recipe.

Unfortunately, I confused 1/2 cup of butter with 1/2 pound and put in two sticks instead of one. So I had to bake them longer and they're still pretty gooey -- and very rich. However, they're edible and I won't make that mistake again!

I'm sure yours turned out much better. Thanks for the recipe! I'll try them again, made the right way, really soon! :shrug:

[yellowdogintexas]

2. did you use pecans or walnuts...

I used pecans tonight.

They ate them all at the party, and we had a ton of desserts too.

Oh yeah, one of my cakes sold for $20 and the other one for $15

and the auctioned cakes went for $25 each and I sold six.


money goes to the class fund.

[Longhorn]

3. I used pecans.

After they chilled in the frig overnight, it has the consistency of fudge this morning. I can cut it up and it holds together so that I can eat it with my fingers, and it's dang tasty, too! :D

[yellowdogintexas]

6. I am glad you enjoyed them. I have made that too much butter

error in making my chocolate brownies! (see recipe below post)
Good but gooey


These two recipes are wonderful for last minute dessert needs.

Best of all, I have one of those large microwavable measuring bowls, 2 quart size. I microwave the butter, then just start adding everything else, makes it even easier.

[Lefta Dissenter]

4. Do these freeze ok?

I'm looking for recipes I can make now and freeze for our family Christmas. They sound yummy!

Thanks! :hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

5. they should. would you also like the world's best Brownie recipe?

WORLD'S BEST BROWNIES

preheat to 350 degrees

grease an 8" or 9" square pan

melt 1 stick of butter
add 1 cup of sugar, stir to combine
add 2 beaten eggs, stir well to mix

stir together: 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa and 3/4 tsp salt

and add to the wet mix.
Stir by hand until no white streaks show
add 1 tsp vanilla and
1 cup of either pecans or walnuts, broken up

pour into the pan, bake 20 minutes.
I would check the pan @ 15 minutes, you don't want to overcook
these; if your tester comes out clean, they are done, even if it is only 15 minutes.


These are wonderful. I never use a mix ..these are just too easy to throw together, and the ingredients are easy to keep on hand.

[Lefta Dissenter]

7. huh

is that the Cooks Illustrated recipe? If not, it's quite similar - and one that I can always count on! Of course, it's important to have vanilla ice cream on hand, as well... Yummmmmmmmmy... :D

[yellowdogintexas]

8. I don't know about Cooks Illustrated; I got the recipe about 25 years ago

from a woman I worked with at the time.

I don't know where she got it.

It is also Katherine Hepburn's brownie recipe. She gave it out in an article /interview long time ago, and when I read it I realized it was the same recipe.
Only idfference was that instead of mix, stir, etc Hepburn says
"Beat like hell until you can't see any white flecks"

[Longhorn]

9. Sounds like another winner!

And thank for translating the butter units to "sticks" -- even I can understand that! ;)

I agree that one of the things that appeals to me is the easy list of readily available ingredients. I'm going to make these later today -- you know, get back on the horse and all! :D

[soup]

10. maybe 375 instead of 325?

waiting and waiting and waiting...

sounded so good, and easy, I decided to add this to my Christmas baking today.

20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes - 45 and now finally starting to 'set' in the middle. Hope they'll be ok.

Just thought I'd post the possible correction.

Thanks for the recipe, though. They're smelling scrumptious.

and now on to the English toffee.

[skygazer]

11. Wow, thanks for the recipe

My ex stepmother (how's that for a relationship?) used to make these years ago but I never got the recipe before she divorced my father!

The things that get lost when families break up!