Polly’s Picnic Brownies from The Cat Who Cookbook
4 1-ounce squares baking chocolate
3/4 cup butter
6 eggs, beaten
3 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt chocolate with butter. Cool lightly. In a large bowl beat eggs and sugar together. Combine flour and salt with egg mixture. Stir chocolate mixture into flour and egg mixture. Add vanilla extract and nuts. Pour into greased and floured 11-inch by 15-inch pan. Bake 30-35 minutes. Cool. Spread with frosting. Cut into squares. Serves 8-10.
Frosting:
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup cocoa powder
4 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Beat butter until fluffy. Add cocoa and beat until well-blended. Add powdered sugar alternately with milk. Beat until smooth. Blend in vanilla extract.
Served by Julie at Huller House, February 2015
For our next Teach a Cardinal we made beaded servers.
I love how they they all turned out so different to represent each person who made it. We had a UGA server, 4th of July server, fish server, to name a few. To make them, use approximately 3 feet of a 20 gauge wire and about 12 beads. Use pliers to coil the wire on one end. Thread the beads. Begin wrapping at the base of the server. At the other end, tuck under the wire or coil the end to secure.
