One Bowl Brownies

This recipe is from Judy Harrison. She made it when I visited last Friday. Not only was the whole dinner awesome (roast beef, sweet potatoes, asparagus!) but the brownies were amaaaazing. Deliciously fudgey. :) And not from a mix. Imagine that! Enjoy!

4 Squares of unsweetened baking chocolate

3/4 Cup or 1 1/2 sticks of butter or margarine

2 Cups of sugar

3 Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla

1 Cup of flour

1 Cup coarsely chopped Pecans or Walnuts (optional)

Microwave unsweetened chocolate and butter in large microwavable bowl on High 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.

Stir in sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Add folur and nuts; stir until well blended.

Spread into a greased glass 13 X 9 inch baking pan.

Bake at 350 degree F for 30 to 35 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in center comes out with fudgy crumbs. Do not overbake. Cool in pan. Cut into 24 squares. Let stand before lifting squares out of pan.

My Grandmas' Meatballs!

Both Grandmas have served this dish. It's good for an appy or a main course!

Sweet & Sour Meatballs

2lbs ground beef

1 slightly beaten egg

1 lg onion grated *

salt to taste, little pepper

Mix together and start cooking:

1 12 oz bottle chilli sauce

1 10oz grape jelly

juice of 1 lemon

Shape meat into small balls drop into pan with sauce. Cook until brown.

*You can also use 1 package of dry onion soup mix. If you use that, do not add any more salt or pepper.

A tip: If you buy 3 lbs of meat you can freeze the extra meatballs and save them for later. My mom did this all the time, and then if she had a late night, my dad would warm them up for us. Easy!! No need to make anymore sauce for 3 lbs of beef.

Also mom says, "Don't buy the cheap stuff!" Higher quality ground beef makes them much better.

Troubleshooting

By the way, I wanted to offer a short tutorial on how to navigate this blog, for those who are new. There are many ways to look at this site. One is you can just view the main page. The most recent post is first, and then you can go back and back until the beginning. Since I have just started, it is really easy to see everything that I have put on.

Later on, when I have gazillions of recipes, and you want to look for say, entrees, Scroll down until you come to the "search" part on the right. Every post that is created has a "tag" and the tag includes 1) who made it 2) whether it is an entree, dessert, appetizer, etc.

Click on "entree" to see the list of entrees that I have available.

Or, say you want to look up Grammy Dee food! Click on Grammy Dee's name.

If you want to send in a recipe, email it to me at carah.gilbert@gmail.com. I will put up posts as soon as I can!

Thanks everybody! Love you!

Who has the BEST meatballs?!

I haven't heard from anybody. Hopefully this will help with some motivation:

Last week a cousin of mine, Davia, emailed and said she was going to find her grandmother's Swedish meatball recipe.

I know we can find at least one more meatball recipe in this family. My mom makes "sweet and sour" meatballs.

If you have a meatball -- or ANY -- recipe, send it to me, and please tell me the story behind it too!

Aunt Margie's Vinegrette Cole Slaw

We have this cole slaw every Mother's Day when we have our grilled hamburgers and hot dogs! It's delicious!

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Mix in a bowl:

1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 tsp. celery seed
2 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 cup chopped green pepper (optional)
1 tsp. instant minced onion
3 Tbsp. salad oil
1/3 cup white vinegar

Pour over 4 cups cole slaw (one bag of store bought cole slaw will do it!) and stir well. Chill for at least 3 hours before serving.

**Note**
I've only made this once, but found that it was much better chilled. When I tried it right after I made it, it was way too vinegary.

Grammy Dee's Seven Layer Cookie

Special thanks to Allison for printing everyone a copy at Jacqueline's party!! XOXO

*Recipe to come ASAP I promise!