Trisha Yearwood’s Brownies

Good Monday morning!!:) How are yall?  Weekend is never long enough is it?  I’m sitting here having my coffee watching the news and contemplating my day.  Momma will be here in less than 2 weeks, I’m super excited:)  She’ll be here for 8 days. She usually comes for a week or so around her birthday. It’s not to hot and not to cold this time of year.  Although, saying that, she freezes in anything under 80 degrees!  Jamie takes after her.  He freeeeezes while MyMatthew is sitting there in t-shirt and shorts sweating:)

So, the brownies… Paul got me Trisha Yearwood’s  ”Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen” a few weeks ago and I love it. The recipe made 12 individual brownies – I used a new pan that my friend Monica gave me. It’s really cool. There is one brownie left but that’s because Sarah has laid claim to it for lunch today:) It’s hot dog day and so I will be taking something for lunch up to her. She says that hot dogs give her a headache.  Bless her heart, when she gets a headache, they are really bad (Jamie is the same way).  I’m not sure what I’m taking up there, but the brownie will be included!:)  There are so many great recipes in this book but I have laughed because several of her things are things I already make the same  way;) That’s pretty cool:)  Give these brownies a try, I can guarantee that they won’t be around long:) Enjoy!!

OK, HERE’S What You Need:

2 oz unsweet baking chocolate

1/3 C. shortening (like solid Crisco)

2 large eggs

1 C. sugar

2/3 C. all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 C. chopped pecans (I omitted these since the kids don’t like them)

1 Tsp vanilla extract

HERE’S What You Do:

***Preheat the oven to 350 F

Chop up your chocolate and in a microwavable bowl, melt your chocolate and your shortening

Microwave til smooth - You can also do this on the stove top but this was much faster.

While your chocolate cools down a bit, in a separate bowl, beat your 2 eggs really well

Add your sugar and mix well.

Stream your chocolate into the sugar/egg mix while beating at the same time. Lookin' pretty darn good huh?:)

Sift your flour,baking powder and salt into a bowl together.

Blend in your flour mixture.

Prepare your pan:) This is the one my friend Monica gave me:)

Spread evenly. These actually turned out a bit to thin, so I'll only make half of them next time in this pan. Bake 20 - 30 minutes (depending on your pan). Done when you insert a knife and it comes out clean:)

Brownies and a big old glass of cold milk! Mmm Mmm MM!!!