The old Gary Cooper movie, Sgt. York, is a family favorite with our entire team. In one scene Ma asks the blessing and says, "Lord bless these vittles we done got...". Hence, the name of our recipe collection.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Fudgy Brownies

Taste of Home Cooking School and Crisco

4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
1 C. butter flavored Crisco
2 C. sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
1 C. flour
dash salt
1 C. heavy cream
1 2/3 C. semisweet chocolate chips

Spray a 9x13 inch pan with nonstick spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt chocolate and butter flavored Crisco in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until smooth.

Place sugar in a mixing bowl. Add melted chocolate. Stir well. Add vanilla.

Add eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition.

Mix in flour and salt, a little at a time, stirring until uniform.

Spread in prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with fudgy crumbs.  Cool completely before frosting.

Place cream and chocolate chips in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until chocolate chips are melted. Pour mixture in small bowl to cool while brownies are baking and cooling. Spread over brownies before cutting.

These are awesome brownies.  They are very rich!  I recieved this recipe when I went with some friends to a Taste of Home Cooking School in Utah.  It was so much fun!  Julie Hale, Kathy Muma, Irma Rivera, Jenny Hughes, and I all went together.  This is another great recipe to bring to church dinners or different events.  I love these brownies and so do the Team Southerland children!  :)  We just took these to Aunt Kimby's house for our family Christmas get together and they were a big hit.

Love Always,
Mommy