Peckish Sister's Reviews
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This is my favorite tasting brownie recipe. As much as I love trying new brownie recipes, I always come back to this one. I do not think the 1 cup of nuts is optional and walnuts make the best brownies. I always try to keep an 8 square package of unsweetened chocolate around as I can get up early in the morning if needed and make a pan of brownies to go to any function in a hurry if needed. These are fine plain, but to make them extra special, I make marshmallow brownies as my Mom did for neighborhood functions. Take out the brownies when they are almost done and cover with marshmallows. You can cut big marshmallows in half with greased scissors, but it is easier to just sprinkle on mini-marshmallows. Return to the oven until just starting to melt together. Cool and then cover with chocolate frosting. I use a batch of Baker's One Bowl Frosting with the remaining 4 squares of unsweetened chocolate. You will want to carefully cut these into reasonably-sized squares, otherwise people will want to take huge pieces and they are so rich they will not be able to eat it all. At one potluck I repeated saw the spouse helping finish uneaten portions. This time that I made them for my boys, I did not move fast enough to take a picture before they all disappeared, maybe next time!
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A great monkey bread recipe that nicely fills a Bundt pan. I substituted light brown sugar for the white sugar mixed with cinnamon to roll the dough balls in. The amount of melted butter to use was not specified, but I used about 6 TBLS to dip the dough balls in, but found I used less butter if I had the small butter pan on an angle and could just dip part of the dough and then roll the ball around the higher pan surface to spread the butter. Instead of mixing the pecans into the sugar mixture, I sprinkled them in the bottom of the pan and between layers of the dough balls. It baked up perfectly and was a very sticky and rich monkey bread.
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I liked this version of the recipe as it allayed by fears as to what type of peanut butter to use. I loved that there was no butter to soften, nothing to separate or chop, etc. I had too soft a batter to roll into balls, so just dropped it. I was able to use a fork and sugar to make that important peanut butter cookie cross hatch pattern on top. They turned out better looking than I thought. I missed the taste of the flour. But I was able to give them to 3 different gluten intolerant people in addition to my son who said he was eating them like potato chips. A great recipe to have in the repertoire.
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My kids beg for this for holidays. The canned green beans and cream of mushroom soup are too much soup and too little vegetable. With the fried onions on top, it can't be that healthy. I have found a recipe to replace this one and do not intend to make it again.
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