Monday, February 28, 2011

Blonde Brownies



I just love to make things that have memories behind them.....the memory here is simple, my mom would make these, and we would inhale them.

Ingredients:
3/4 Cups Butter or margarine (softened)
2  Eggs
2 Cups Brown Sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 Cups Flour
1/8 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
chocolate chips (depending on how many you want, you can use a whole bag, but I usually use about 2/3 of a bag)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together the butter, eggs, brown sugar and vanilla until creamy.



Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

Slowly add all the flour mixture into the sugary egg mixture until you have a nice thick batter.



Transfer into a 9x13 baking dish.



Pour the chocolate chips on top of the batter.



Use a spoon or spatula to smash the chocolate chips into the batter.





Place into the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes.

Let cool as long as you can possibly contain yourself.....eat with a nice glass of cold milk. Repeat, repeat...etc.

Variations:

If you use melted butter instead of softened, they make a flatter more fudge-like brownie.

These can also be made with butterscotch chips or a mixture of chocolate and butterscoth.

These are great with a cup of chopped nuts added at the same time you do the chocolate chips.

 

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

A Strangely Good Snack

Ok, so I ran across this idea online one day, but totally forgot about it....honestly, it sounded too odd to even try. Today, my 3 year old and I were a little bored. We played outside for a bit, but it isn't warm enough to stay out terribly long. For some reason, this memory popped into my head and I decided it was experiment time....so we chalked it up as science!

Microwave Potato Chips


These were actually pretty good.....unexpected to say the least. You can play around with your favorite spices to make them to your liking. I enjoyed them with just sea salt.

I just tossed the sliced potatoes in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil and some sea salt. Spray a microwave safe dish with a little bit of cooking spray (or use parchment paper) then I nuked them for about 5-6 minutes in my lower wattage microwave (think the $40 one at Wal-Mart, lol). I would probably use my food processor next time, but the baby was sleeping....so, I used the side of the cheese grater.

Try them, you will be surprised too!