Moist Chewy Brownies

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup margarine, melted
• 2 cups sugar
• 8 tablespoons cocoa
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 2 cups pecans (optional) or 2 cups walnuts, broken (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt in a bowl.
• 2 in a large bow l, beat the eggs until light; add sugar and beat again; beat in margarine. stir in dry ingredients; blend well.
• 3 stir in vanilla, corn syrup and nuts.
• 4 mix well by hand.
• 5 pour into a greased 9 x 13-inch pan.
• 6 bake at 350: f about 35 minutes or until firm to the touch but not hard.
• 7 enjoy.

Moist And Chewy Eagle Brand Brownies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 cups biscuit mix
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 in large saucepan, that has been sprayed with non stick vegetable spray --
• 3 over very low heat -- melt chips and butter.
• 4 stir occasionally until well blended.
• 5 remove from heat.
• 6 add baking mix.sweetened condensed milk and egg.stir well.stir in nuts.
• 7 spray non stick vegetable spray on bottom and sides of 13x9" baking dish -- pour brownie mix into dish.
• 8 bake 20-25 minutes.
• 9 cool slightly.cut into squares -- .

Heather's Killer Low Fat Brownies

Total Time: 43 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons i can't believe it's not butter margarine
• 2 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
• 1/3 cup splenda sugar substitute
• 2/3 cup splenda brown sugar blend
• 2 extra large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup self rising flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees. line a 13 x 9 inch pan with parchment paper and set aside.
• 2 in a medium saucepan, melt butter. remove from heat and add dark chocolate. stir chocolate until melted. you may have to return to heat fir a few seconds until chocolate is melted. let melted chocolate cool and then add all sugar and mix well. add eggs one at a time and mix well after each addition. fold in flour, salt, walnuts and chocolate chips. pour into the prepared pan and tap pan on the counter a few times to get rid of any bubbles in the batter. bake the brownies for 15 - 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with crumbs. brownies should still be soft. cool in pan for 20 - 30 minutes. take brownies out of pan and cut into 24 even sized squares.
• 3 1 serving = 1 brownie 1 serving = 2 ww points.

Moist Carrot Muffins

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar (raw is great, could do mostly with a little brown)
• 1 1/2 cups finely shredded carrots (juicing ones fine)
• 1/4 cup orange juice (or 1/4 cup water with 1 tbs. lemon juice)
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 with pan of water at bottom of oven.
• 2 mix dry.
• 3 mix eggs and sugar.
• 4 mix in carrots and let sit 10 minutes.
• 5 mix in rest of wet ingredients.
• 6 fold in dry (don't over mix- will be lumpy).
• 7 pour into greased muffin cups (almost full).
• 8 bake 15-18 minutes.

Moist And Nutty Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 2 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (preferably valrhona caraibe)
• 9 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature (2 1/4 sticks)
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups pecans or 1 1/4 cups walnuts, lightly toasted, very coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 center a rack in the oven; preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 butter a 9x12 inch baking pan, fit the bottom with a piece of parchment paper; butter the paper, then dust the inside of the pan with flour; tap out the excess and set the pan aside.
• 3 melt chocolate in a bowl over (not touching) simmering water or in microwave oven.
• 4 remove chocolate from heat and leave it on the counter to cool slightly.
• 5 the chocolate should be warm to touch (no more than 114° f, as measured by an instant-read thermometer).
• 6 working in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until it is smooth and creamy but not airy.
• 7 stir in the chocolate; gradually add the eggs, then add the sugar, followed by the flour and nuts, stirring only until each ingredient is incorporated (if the mixture separates when you add the eggs, use a whisk to blend the batter and continue with the whisk when you add the sugar; go back to the paddle for the flour and nuts).
• 8 **this is not a batter to be beaten or aerated.
• 9 scrape batter into the pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
• 10 bake for 19-22 minutes; at this point the top of the cake will be dry, but a knife inserted in the center will come out wet; transfer the pan to a cooling rack and allow the brownies to cool for 20-30 minutes.
• 11 run a knife around the edges of the pan and unmold the brownies; remove the parchment paper and turn the brownies over to cool to room temperature right side up.
• 12 cut into 18 pieces.

Roasted Butternut Squash And Sausage Ragout & Ravioli

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 butternut squash
• 1 red onion
• 1 large zucchini
• 1 lb sausage
• 12 ounces bacon
• 12 ounces kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 3/4 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup guinness stout
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 1 lb asparagus
• 16 ounces cheese ravioli
• 12 ounces alfredo sauce
• 3 tablespoons balsamic syrup

Recipe

• 1 clean, peel and cube the butternut squash into bite size pieces. place in baking dish and lightly coat with 2 tbs olive oil, salt & pepper. roast at 350 covered until soft (about 40 minutes). once soft, remove foil and continue baking until light golden brown edges appear.
• 2 when the squash is almost done roasting:.
• 3 sauté the chopped red onion and zucchini in 2 tbs olive oil, season with salt & pepper, set aside.
• 4 chop asparagus into bite size pieces and steam lightly, set aside.
• 5 cook bacon and chop finely. saute with loose sausage (if buying sausages, just squeeze out of the casing).
• 6 i used a sicilian chicken sausage. when sausage is almost cooked all the way through, add ¾ cup of chicken broth and set to high. add zucchini, onion, kidney beans and rosemary. continue to cook on high until about half of the liquid has cooked off. add butternut squash and guinness. stir until all ingredients are well mixed. set to low, and let simmer.
• 7 bring 6 cups of water to boil and place ravioli in boiling water. allow to cook until tender (about 5 minutes).
• 8 heat the alfredo sauce on medium heat until warmed.
• 9 just before serving, stir in the lightly steamed asparagus. serve the ravioli over the ragout, top lightly with crème sauce & balsamic reduction drizzle.
• 10 i served with a green salad tossed with goat cheese, raspberries, walnuts and a champagne vinaigrette.
• 11 very easily made vegetarian by omitting bacon, sausage and using vegetable broth.
• 12 low carb version - omit the ravioli.

Chop Suey Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 orange, juice of, plus water to make 3/4 cup liquid
• 1/2 cup chopped raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped candied cherry
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening, add sugar and beat well.
• 2 add beaten egg and vanilla.
• 3 sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with liquid to egg mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 4 stir, do not beat, then add fruit and nuts which have been dusted with flour (this will distribute them more evenly).
• 5 pour into greased loaf pan and bake at 350° for 1 1/4 hours or until done.
• 6 when loaf is cool, drizzle with a glaze made with confectioners sugar and milk.