Butterscotch Brownies

I am kind of cheating today.

I have been going to work at an unnatural hour and coming home ready for a nap everyday. So I thought I would do a simple post today (since my brain is tired )

This is one of my all time favorite recipes.

They are very simple to make and they taste unbelievable.

I always used to love walking home from the bus stop and as soon as I would get to the front door I could tell by the heavenly scent when my mom was baking.  Of course there was nothing better than warm chocolate chip cookies and a nice cold glass of milk to make the day even better.

These brownies are a favorite of my girls and my nephews too. The recipe makes one batch in an 8” pan. To be honest I have never ever made an 8” pan of these. I always double the recipe and use a 9 x 13” pan. I do put a little less than double of the vanilla though, but that is just my taste.

I  do not put nuts in mine, but that is an option as well as using different flavored chips.  I personally think that good old chocolate chips are the best in this recipe.

Butterscotch brownies;

(note: I have not doubled the recipe here, you can double it if you choose)

Melt ¼ cup butter in sauce pan.

Stir in 1 cup brown sugar until dissolved

( I use light brown sugar but you can use either)

Cool slightly.

Beat 1 egg in well,

Mix in 1 tsp vanilla

Sift then measure ½ cup flour

Add

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

Stir into butter mixture.

Pour into an 8”x8” greased and floured pan

Sprinkle chocolate chips on top

Bake at 350 for appx. 30 minutes.

I usually test these at about 25 minutes.

Let cool then cut

enjoy

Have a happy day J

(jj)

Baking and cooking Peggy style

We all have our own talents and hobbies.

Mine does NOT include cooking or baking! Well, I do love sweets so I do bake, but this is my idea of baking and I'm okay with that.

First go to the grocery store in the refrigerator section where the butter and yogurt usually are.  This time of year they are almost always on sale so stock up. They look like this....

I have no shame.

The time consuming part is if you want gingerbread men or sugar cookies shaped like something, you have to actually roll the dough out.  That reminds me I forgot to get a rolling pin for this year ~ I used mine to roll clay at work a few years back and never replaced it.

Enough about baking.

For cooking all you need is this... 

  
 and a crock pot. Actually, I like to use the "Golden Cream of Mushroom soup", but didn't have a can of it handy.  Put this in the crock pot with chicken, pork, vegetables etc. and when you get home...Waalaa!

Making life a little easier. :)

Peggy ~ GG ~ Goodgosh