Recipes

Here are the recipes for the brownies and fudge I made for dinner at Pat and Jill's last month. Enjoy.

HOT FUDGE

2/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup white Karo syrup

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup soft butter

Stir together in a saucepan and bring to a boil stirring constantly.  Cook to a firm ball stage stirring occasionally and then add:

1/2 cup canned milk

6-8 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips (I prefer Guitard brand)

Stir until smooth and serve over ice cream.  If you have difficulty stirring out the lumps of chocolate, you may blend with a hand blender or put it in a blender.

BROWNIES

4 eggs	1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar	1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla	1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup (8 0z) butter	2 cups broken walnuts or pecans or mixture of both
4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate	1 cup Chocolate chips

Melt chocolate and butter together in pan over hot water or in microwave (be very careful not to overcook because chocolate burns very easily in microwave.  About 1 minute on high then stir till it is smooth.  If there are still lumps give it more time in increments of 15 seconds.  Whip eggs and sugar till light and lemon colored (about 2-3 minutes).  Add vanilla and chocolate that has cooled slightly.  Mix in dry ingredients and then spread in a buttered and floured 9” x 13” pan.  Sprinkle top with walnuts and pecans and chocolate chips.  Press lightly into the batter and bake at 350º for about 30-35 minutes.  It is best to cool completely before cutting.