Chocolate Mint Brownies

Chocolate Mint Brownies

Whisk Together:

1 cup melted butter

½ cup cocoa powder

Then Add:

2 cup sugar

4 eggs beaten

1 tsp vanilla

½ tsp salt

Mix well and then add:

1 ½ cup sifted flour

Stir by hand. Do not over mix.

Pour into 9 x 13 pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-28 minutes. Cool for a few minutes then place in a freezer for 20 minutes.

While brownies are in the freezer make first layer of topping.

Mint Frosting:

½ cup butter, softened

2 tbsp. milk

2 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp. peppermint extract, green food coloring

Mix thoroughly. Evenly frost brownies and put back in freezer for 20 minutes. Make chocolate ganache top layer.

Chocolate Ganache Topping:

1/2 cup butter

1 ½ cup good semi-sweet chocolate chips

Melt and whisk together. Drizzle warm chocolate over brownies and spread smooth with a spatula. Put back in freezer for another 20 minutes. 


I got this recipe from a coworker, they are delicious! 

-Anna Simons

Yummy Tilapia

 

Salsa

Mix the Following:

Corn

1 can black beans

Juice from 1 lemon

Juice from 1 orange

Cilantro

Spread

Mix the Following:

2 tablespoons of butter

Zest from 1 lemon and 1 orange

Hot shots pepper

Salt

Baking:

On sheets of foil (1 sheet per piece of fish), put a few spoon-fulls of salsa. Lay the tilapia on top of the salsa. Spread butter mixture on top of the tilapia (enough to cover the top of it). Wrap up foil into a sort of packet. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees, or until fully cooked. 

This is a great recipe for a quick and yummy dinner! 

-Anna Simons

Luscious Lemon Bars

I'm not embellishing this recipe's title by adding LUSCIOUS.  That's exactly what it says on the photocopied page I have.  I got this from one of Tawna's cookbooks while we were living there.  We made them a few times there and I remember making them when we were in CA with Phil, Nicole, Tori, and baby Henry.  I was pregnant with Eamon.  I remember Tori having a blast at Disneyland.

Anyway, I made these at the beginning of the year and took them to a Skabelund gathering.  My uncle really liked them and I was proud, so I thought I'd type up the recipe.

Preheat oven to 350.

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
4 slightly beaten eggs
1 cup sugar (it calls for 1 1/2 but I only add just less than a full cup, makes it more tart...how I like it)
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
3/4 cup lemon juice (I've always used fresh-squeezed)
1/4 cup half-and-half, light cream, or milk

In a large bowl combine the 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup p. sugar, cornstarch, and salt.  Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Press mixture into the bottom of a greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan.  Bake at 359 for 18 to 20 mins or until the edges are golden.

Meanwhile, for the filling, in a med. bowl stir together the eggs, granulated sugar, 3 tab. flour, lemon peel, lemon juice, and milk.  Pour filling over hot crust.

Bake for 15 to 20 mins more or until center is set. Cool on rack.  Sift powdered sugar over top.  Cut into bars.  Cover and store in fridge.