{"id":5636,"date":"2012-03-28T20:30:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T00:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=5636"},"modified":"2012-03-28T20:30:37","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T00:30:37","slug":"recipe-cards-and-passed-down-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=5636","title":{"rendered":"Recipe cards and passed down memories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"002\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I was looking for the recipe for my mother\u2019s cocoa brownies yesterday and I found it!<\/p>\n

Going through the recipe box always brings me to tears.\u00a0 This one is written in Robin\u2019s writing- and has<\/p>\n

been accidently dipped into a bit of the batter many years ago.\u00a0 The tears aren\u2019t because of the messy<\/p>\n

card- but because of the treasure of memories my sister\u2019s handwriting brought me.<\/p>\n

The tears were quickly followed by a smile, though- because on the flip side of the card-<\/p>\n

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Here is the story my mother always told of these brownies.\u00a0 A friend had given her the recipe, but when<\/p>\n

my mom made it, she thought it might be too rich, so she substituted margarine for the butter, and then<\/p>\n

made it in a jelly roll pan rather than a 9×9 square pan.\u00a0 And then it was too thin so she added icing- the<\/p>\n

icing she used for the postom cake.\u00a0\u00a0 To dress up the brownies, she added melted chocolate on top and<\/p>\n

it got a very distinctive design when cut whilst it was still warm.\u00a0\u00a0 She had company over one day and<\/p>\n

the husband of our visiting couple really loved the brownies.\u00a0 He kept saying, \u201cGet the recipe for these<\/p>\n

brownies, Sophie, they are the best I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophie, his wife, was the friend who had given my mother the original recipe for these brownies!<\/p>\n

\"006\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the recipe for Cocoa Brownies with cooked icing.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

ingredients!<\/p><\/div>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n

1 1\/2 cups AP flour<\/p>\n

2 cups granulated sugar<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup dark cocoa- I used Hershey\u2019s<\/p>\n

1\/2 tsp salt<\/p>\n

1 cup soft butter<\/p>\n

4 eggs<\/p>\n

2 tsps vanilla<\/p>\n

1 cup chopped nuts<\/p>\n

12 oz bag of choc chips<\/p>\n

Sift together the dry ingredients.\u00a0 Sift them because the cocoa will have some compacted balls and REALLY need<\/p>\n

to be sifted.\u00a0 Set aside.<\/p>\n

Beat the butter , eggs and vanilla together and add the dry ingredients\u00a0 about a cup at a time. Mix well, add nuts by hand<\/p>\n

and spread in a greased jelly roll of cookie pan with sides.\u00a0 Bake at 350 degrees F for about 22 minutes- do not overbake,<\/p>\n

these burn easily since they are so thin.\u00a0 pour 1\/2 cup choc chips on to hot top and let melt.\u00a0 Skim the chocolate over the top<\/p>\n

and allow to cool completely.<\/p>\n

Now to make the cooked icing.<\/p>\n

I was going to take pictures of each step- but this goes pretty fast and needs to be tended- so no pictures, sorry,\"Sad .<\/p>\n

Put one cup of milk in medium cook pan and stir in 4 rounded Tablespoons of flour and stir for about 10 minutes over<\/p>\n

medium heat until the mixture is the consistency of mashed potatoes. Stiff mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n

Take off heat and stir in 1\/2 cup butter and 1\/2 cup sugar.\u00a0 Beat until creamy and ice cooled brownies in tray.<\/p>\n

Melt 3\/4 cup of chocolate chips in microwave and drizzle on top of icing.\u00a0\u00a0 Using a sharp knife cut the brownies into about 32<\/p>\n

bars.<\/p>\n

\"007\"<\/a><\/p>\n

These are soft and chocolatey- it is hard to eat just one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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