According to Holidays-and-Observances.com, March is Berries and Cherries Month. Those of you who follow this blog or have
read any of the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries know how much I enjoy
combining chocolate with berries and cherries (and how much Anastasia loves eating them!) So today I’m featuring a recipe
for Grandma’s Homemade Brownies. Not my grandma, though. The recipe comes from
author Susan Lohrer and is featured in in Bake, Love, Write: 105 Authors Share Dessert Recipes and Advice on Love and Writing. In the original recipe you can use chopped nuts, raisins, or
cherries. Of course, I’m going with the cherry version. And Susan suggests for
a lower-calorie version of this recipe, you can substitute applesauce for half
the cooking oil, but I suggest simply cutting the brownies into tiny portions.
Grandma’s
Homemade Brownies
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/4 cup cool water
1/2 cup (or more) dried cherries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place all ingredients in bowl in order given and beat
on low speed until just mixed. Pour batter into prepared 9” x13” pan.
Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in
brownies comes out clean.
Bake, Love, Write:
105 Authors Share Dessert
Recipes and Advice on Love and Writing
What do
most authors have in common, no matter what genre they write? They love
desserts. Sweets sustain them through pending deadlines and take the sting out
of crushing rejection letters and nasty reviews. They also often celebrate
their successes—selling a book, winning a writing award, making a bestseller
list, or receiving a fabulous review—with decadent indulgences. And when
authors chat with each other, they often talk about their writing and their
lives. Recipes. Writing. Relationships. In this cookbook 105 authors not only
share their favorite recipes for fabulous cakes, pies, cookies, candy, and
more, they also share the best advice they’ve ever received on love and
writing.
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2 comments:
These look delicious! Thanks!!
They taste even better than they look, Angela! :-)
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