Heavenly Brownies

My mother-in-law, Marianne, makes the best brownies! I can't believe that I haven't blogged about them yet. Probably because they are always gone so fast that I forget about taking a picture of them. I've been making them for almost eleven years. I haven't found a recipe that I like better than Marianne's.

I've played around with these brownies, substituting applesauce for butter. But they're just not as good. I make them with the original recipe and they turn out perfectly! The middle pieces are slightly doughy with a thin crispy top and the edge pieces are still most and yummy. I can't decide if I like the edge pieces better than the middle pieces.

Heavenly Brownies

recipe from Marianne (from one of her cookbooks)

6 Tbsp. coca

1 c. butter

2 c. sugar

4 eggs

2 c. flour

1 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. vanilla

chopped walnuts (optional -- I've never added these)

Melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir in sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes.

These brownies are delicious on their own, or topped with ice cream, or as a brownie shake (mix a little milk, with vanilla ice cream and a brownie in a cup).

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

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Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

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