How many recipes for brownies could one cookbook offer?
Judging from the count in the 80th anniversary cookbook of Saskatchewan 4-H, the number would be 19, making brownies the most popular recipe of the 4-H families who contributed to the cookbook project.
Some of those recipes are featured in this week’s column.
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Brownies
1/2 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
4 tbsps. cocoa
1 cup flour
2 tbsps. baking powder
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
pinch of salt
Melt butter and mix everything together. Put in a greased pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes.
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Fudge Brownies
Cake:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsps. vanilla
2 tsps. cocoa
1/2 cup flour
Topping:
1/2 can Eagle Brand milk
1 cup coconut
To make the cake portion, melt butter and add other ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes.
For the topping, combine the milk and coconut and spread on top of brownies after they are cooked. Return to oven and bake until topping is browned. Cool before slicing.
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Farmer Brownies
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup hot water
3/4 cup margarine or butter
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup sour milk or buttermilk
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup walnuts
1 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs, beaten
Dissolve cocoa in hot water. Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten eggs and then cocoa and water. Add milk, flour, baking powder, salt and nuts.
Spread on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees F for 25 minutes.
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Cream Cheese Brownies
4 squares semi-sweet baker’s chocolate
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tbsp. milk
1 cup flour
1 cup chopped nuts
Filling:
1-250 g pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tsps. flour
Heat chocolate and butter until butter melts. Stir in sugar. Mix in eggs and milk until blended. Stir in flour and nuts.
Spread half the dough in a greased 9 inch baking pan.
Mix the ingredients for the filling and spread over half the dough in the pan. Spread remaining dough over the top and swirl with a knife.
Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees F. Cool before slicing.
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