I made these last night when I was craving something sweet, AND I LOVED THEM!!! They are called brownie cookies, but my little brother likes to call them wannabe brownies. My mom loved that name, I thought you might like it too.
2/3 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups chocolate chips
2/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans(optional)
In a large bowl, mix the shortening, sugar, water and vanilla together. Beat in the eggs. Set aside.
In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda. Gradually add this to the shortening mixture and beat until well blended. Stir in the chocolate chips and (optional) nuts.
Bake at 375 for 7-9 minutes. Cool and enjoy!
This post was written by my lovely drivers ed teacher, Mrs. Deborah Newell. Mrs. Newell has informed me that she is a wonderful southern cook and wants to share her recipes with the world. So here it goes…
If you like baked beans, these are some that will have eveyone coming and begging you to fix for every dang ol’ supper from here to Oregon, if you don’t want to be popular, then don’t cook these, if you do…here is MY recipe:
This recipe is for a 13×9 inch pan:
1 to 1 1/2 lbs of good hamburger( don’t get the cheap stuff, get good)
1 Green/Red/Yellow(Heck, purple will work) Pepper
Bush’s original Baked Beans, the largest can (now, don’t get crazy and buy that super sized can, unless you are feeding a army , then, have at it)
1 cup Chopped Onion
1 lb Bacon
Brown the meat with the chopped onion and the pepper, then drain REAL good.
Put the beans into a greased 13 x 9 inch pan and cover with hamburger mixture and mix real good.
Now this is the good and “make it different step”:
Take a bowl and put about 1/2 cup of brown sugar in it.. don’t be stingy. Add about 1 cup of ketchup and, the secret ingredient, Worcestershire Sauce ( a couple of hits will work) mix together real good and pour over beans and hamburger.. Top this with slabs of uncooked bacon on top..
Bake at 350 degrees until the bacon is done
Hopfully you will not scald yourself trying to eat it while it is still in the oven..
note:
Again, with the brown sugar, and bacon.. I see a theme here!!
