I may be spoiled forever after cooking with seven-year old Granddaughter Madison. Saturday my husband and I spent 12 hours with our MO grandchildren. Almost six-year old Grandson Tyler also helped Madison and me with some "cookies" but I will be sharing them in a later post.
We hadn't seen the grandchildren for a little over 2 weeks so I told our son Patrick they needed to find a time when we could get together. He called me Friday night and said we had several options - both he and Lori had to work a few hours on Saturday morning so we could come hang out at their house or take the kids somewhere OR come hang out Sunday after lunch at their house. Since Saturday was supposed to be a sunny day in the 50s and Sunday was going to be cooler and cloudy, my husband and I decided we would go get them Saturday morning.
We started the morning by going to Roxanne's Cafe for breakfast. (We go almost every Sunday after church to Roxanne's for lunch. It was fun showing off the grandkids to everyone who works there.) Then we came back to our house. I wanted to make some last treat for the boys next door since they would be finishing with moving out probably over the weekend. Right now I don't remember who brought up making the Peppermint Sandwich Cookies I made before Christmas and took some to our Family MO Christmas, but we decided we would make some of them also. Since they require time in the freezer, I decided to make them first and Tyler helped. While Madison and I made the brownies for the boys, he decided to help "Grandad" do some yard work. (She and I also finished the Peppermint Sandwich Cookies.)
This recipe for Best Brownies was in a Hershey's Chocolate Cookbook I got at an estate sale on Friday with Friend Janice. (That was the only thing I bought and it cost me 75 cents because everything was 25% off at the sale. I was really proud of myself because I saw several things I could easily have bought, but I didn't.) If you have kids or grandkids or nieces and nephews or any child you want to have fun with in the kitchen, this recipe is perfect. (I did make the frosting by myself - Madison and Tyler had gotten interested in playing on the back porch/deck.) You stir with a wooden spoon everything but the frosting so Madison had no difficulty at all mixing it up. I did reduce the sugar from 1 cup to 3/4 cup and personally the brownies were perfect. (And all of the boys said they were delicious.)
HERSHEY'S BEST BROWNIES
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted (we did use butter that I melted in the microwave)
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsifted flour
1/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) (we did leave out)
Creamy Brownie Frosting
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease or spray a 9 - inch square pan and set aside.
Blend butter, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl using a wooden spoon. Add eggs and beat well.
(I had Madison crack the eggs over another small bowl, just in case. I also decided she needed an apron and she wore my Auntie's apron.)
Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in another bowl with a whisk. Gradually blend into egg mixture.
(Madison dumped a little bit at a time until it had all been added.)
Stir in nuts, if you are using them.
Spread in pan.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until brownie begins to pull away from edges of pan.
Cool in pan over wire rack.
Frost with Creamy Brownie Frosting.
Cut into square to serve.
CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
3 tablespoons Hershey's cocoa
1 tablespoon light corn syrup or honey (I did use corn syrup)
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons milk (I just used 1 tablespoon)
Cream butter, cocoa, corn syrup, and vanilla in a small mixer bowl.
Add confectioners' sugar and milk;
beat to spreading consistency.
Here are a couple of more pictures of Madison....
Here she is measuring out the sugar - we only spilled a little bit....
When I asked her at lunch what her favorite thing she had done so far that day, she said, "Taking the brownies over to the boys." Here she is giving Wyatt his brownie. (He was the only one there at first. I didn't have my phone when we took one over to Jeff later.)
Then I took one of her and Tyler with Wyatt.
I think she is so cute in Auntie's apron. Auntie was an aunt that I called my second mother after my mother died who has joined my parents in Heaven. She would have enjoyed seeing Madison wearing her apron.
One more look at the brownies...
We hadn't seen the grandchildren for a little over 2 weeks so I told our son Patrick they needed to find a time when we could get together. He called me Friday night and said we had several options - both he and Lori had to work a few hours on Saturday morning so we could come hang out at their house or take the kids somewhere OR come hang out Sunday after lunch at their house. Since Saturday was supposed to be a sunny day in the 50s and Sunday was going to be cooler and cloudy, my husband and I decided we would go get them Saturday morning.
We started the morning by going to Roxanne's Cafe for breakfast. (We go almost every Sunday after church to Roxanne's for lunch. It was fun showing off the grandkids to everyone who works there.) Then we came back to our house. I wanted to make some last treat for the boys next door since they would be finishing with moving out probably over the weekend. Right now I don't remember who brought up making the Peppermint Sandwich Cookies I made before Christmas and took some to our Family MO Christmas, but we decided we would make some of them also. Since they require time in the freezer, I decided to make them first and Tyler helped. While Madison and I made the brownies for the boys, he decided to help "Grandad" do some yard work. (She and I also finished the Peppermint Sandwich Cookies.)
This recipe for Best Brownies was in a Hershey's Chocolate Cookbook I got at an estate sale on Friday with Friend Janice. (That was the only thing I bought and it cost me 75 cents because everything was 25% off at the sale. I was really proud of myself because I saw several things I could easily have bought, but I didn't.) If you have kids or grandkids or nieces and nephews or any child you want to have fun with in the kitchen, this recipe is perfect. (I did make the frosting by myself - Madison and Tyler had gotten interested in playing on the back porch/deck.) You stir with a wooden spoon everything but the frosting so Madison had no difficulty at all mixing it up. I did reduce the sugar from 1 cup to 3/4 cup and personally the brownies were perfect. (And all of the boys said they were delicious.)
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted (we did use butter that I melted in the microwave)
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsifted flour
1/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) (we did leave out)
Creamy Brownie Frosting
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease or spray a 9 - inch square pan and set aside.
Stir in nuts, if you are using them.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until brownie begins to pull away from edges of pan.
Cool in pan over wire rack.
Cut into square to serve.
CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
3 tablespoons Hershey's cocoa
1 tablespoon light corn syrup or honey (I did use corn syrup)
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons milk (I just used 1 tablespoon)
Here are a couple of more pictures of Madison....
Here she is measuring out the sugar - we only spilled a little bit....
When I asked her at lunch what her favorite thing she had done so far that day, she said, "Taking the brownies over to the boys." Here she is giving Wyatt his brownie. (He was the only one there at first. I didn't have my phone when we took one over to Jeff later.)
Then I took one of her and Tyler with Wyatt.
I think she is so cute in Auntie's apron. Auntie was an aunt that I called my second mother after my mother died who has joined my parents in Heaven. She would have enjoyed seeing Madison wearing her apron.
One more look at the brownies...
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