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If I send you a recipe will you send me a sample?

chef wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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If I send you a recipe will you send me a sample?

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 Sure! If you tell me how to package food for shipping.

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 Well, there was this one time I was dating a guy in the service.  The best packing for cookies/baked goods is to line the box with plastic wrap and nestle the cookies/baked goods in between layers of popcorn.  Lightweight, economical, and you can eat the packing materials too!  Win win win.

P.S.  I was the most popular g/f on the ship.

Correct. I would put a sheet of saran wrap over the layer of popcorn and then do a layer of cookies a layer of wrap a layer of popcorn...

Turks use pistachios as packing.

Apparently they are cheap in Turkey.

Here it is, lexxy.

www.bhg.com/recipe/satin-top-brownies/

I have a BHG from the 1980's and DH had one from the 1990's and neither had it. But it's on their website.


Satin-Top Brownies
Ingredients

1cup sugar
1/4cup salad oil*
2eggs
1teaspoon vanilla
2 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate, melted**
1/2cup all-purpose flour or 2/3 cup cake flour
1/2teaspoon salt
1/2cup chopped California walnuts

Directions
Combine sugar, salad oil, eggs, and vanilla; beat until light and smooth. Stir in chocolate. Sift together flour and salt; add to chocolate mixture. Beat until smooth. Stir in nuts. Spread in greased 8x8x2-inch pan. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F) about 30 minutes.*** While warm, cut into squares.**** Cool before removing from pan.

We never added the walnuts. They are very good & they have a satiny top almost like frosted.

I love most nuts except walnuts. I'm not a big fan of macadamia nuts either. I can plow through cashews, almonds, pecans or peanuts though.

My tip, when I make brownies, or anything chocolate, I always add sour cream and/or coffee.

It makes a massive difference.

Lexxy wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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My tip, when I make brownies, or anything chocolate, I always add sour cream and/or coffee.

It makes a massive difference.

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I have a really good sour cream chocolate cake recipe but I don't know if I would just add sour cream to a recipe.  I'd be worried about consistency.  

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 I've never had a problem with it.

A spoon or 4, depending on how much I'm making. 

 

SEX ON A SPOON
1 brownie mix, made as directed on package (using 9x13 pan) 12 oz cream cheese, softened 1C peanut butter (either kind) 1C powdered sugar 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk 1½t vanilla 2 8 oz containers Cool Whip Mix cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, condensed milk, vanilla. Fold in ½ of one container of Cool Whip; fold in remaining half. (This keeps the lightness in the Cool Whip) Spread over cooled brownie. Spread remaining container of Cool Whip on top of peanut butter mixture. Top with chocolate curls, chocolate chips, peanuts, or whatever. Note: You can also put the topping mixture into two Oreo Pie crusts and freeze. The mixture never freezes completely solid.

BLACK FOREST CAKE
1 box “cheapie” chocolate cake mix (not w/ pudding) 3 eggs ¼C oil 22 oz can cherry pie filling. Mix all. Pour into greased/floured bundt pan. Bake at 325 45-55 mins. Cool 15 mins. Turn out onto rack to cool completely.

Hint: I use cocoa powder to flour the greased pan - doesn't leave any white streaks. This cake doesn't need any icing, but I frequently drizzle it with melted chocolate.

Oh goodness Momala those both sound delicious.

Momala wrote:

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SEX ON A SPOON
1 brownie mix, made as directed on package (using 9x13 pan) 12 oz cream cheese, softened 1C peanut butter (either kind) 1C powdered sugar 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk 1½t vanilla 2 8 oz containers Cool Whip Mix cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, condensed milk, vanilla. Fold in ½ of one container of Cool Whip; fold in remaining half. (This keeps the lightness in the Cool Whip) Spread over cooled brownie. Spread remaining container of Cool Whip on top of peanut butter mixture. Top with chocolate curls, chocolate chips, peanuts, or whatever. Note: You can also put the topping mixture into two Oreo Pie crusts and freeze. The mixture never freezes completely solid.

BLACK FOREST CAKE
1 box “cheapie” chocolate cake mix (not w/ pudding) 3 eggs ¼C oil 22 oz can cherry pie filling. Mix all. Pour into greased/floured bundt pan. Bake at 325 45-55 mins. Cool 15 mins. Turn out onto rack to cool completely.

Hint: I use cocoa powder to flour the greased pan - doesn't leave any white streaks. This cake doesn't need any icing, but I frequently drizzle it with melted chocolate.

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 I made something similar to the Sex on a Spoon recipe awhile back. Yummy!

I wish I had a bundt pan. I love cherries and chocolate. Would that recipe adapt well to mini cupcakes?

I use a baking spray to grease the pan. It has flour in it but it's never left white streaks. Love it! I'm intrigued by the cocoa powder idea though. Maybe I'll use that for the brownies instead of my baking spray.

Tinydancer wrote:

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Pioneer Woman's recipe for chocolate pudding is divine!

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 I love that show!

I don't want to do pudding for the Bible study group though. I'm sticking to easy-to-grab foods.

Chef ~
I've made them as cupcakes, but not mini-cupcakes.

Momala wrote:

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Chef ~
I've made them as cupcakes, but not mini-cupcakes.

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 Mmmmm they'd be good as cupcakes.

I'm only doing mini-cupcakes because some of the ladies are diabetic and I figure by doing mini-cupcakes, they could still have a treat if they desired and not go on sugar overload.

Chef ~
Here's a lighter one:

SHERRY CAKE
Cake: 1 pkg yellow or french vanilla cake mix 1 pkg instant vanilla pudding (4 serving size) 4 eggs ¼C oil ¼C dry sherry 1t nutmeg Glaze: 1/3C sherry 2C XXX sugar
Mix cake ingreds. Beat at medium speed 5 min. Turn into greased bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 45 min. Meanwhile, mix sherry & XXX sugar for glaze (will be thin). Pour onto hot cake & let glaze loosen cake from sides of pan. Cool. Serves 16-18

This would do well in mini pans, and you can substitute Splenda for the confectioner's sugar

Lexxy wrote:

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chef wrote:

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Momala wrote:

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Chef ~
I've made them as cupcakes, but not mini-cupcakes.

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 Mmmmm they'd be good as cupcakes.

I'm only doing mini-cupcakes because some of the ladies are diabetic and I figure by doing mini-cupcakes, they could still have a treat if they desired and not go on sugar overload.

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That is so thoughtful of you! 

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 I try I like to make stuff everyone can eat.

I sent around a survey asking for preferred pizza type and if there were any allergies. Only one allergy - cinnamon - so that's easy to avoid.

Tinydancer wrote:

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chef wrote:

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But, I do want to try her pudding. It's been on my list for awhile. We just don't eat much dessert here.

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 I thought my own homemade pudding was good until I tasted hers. It is soooo scrumptious I could eat the whole batch of it.

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 I love homemade pudding!

chef wrote:

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Tinydancer wrote:

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chef wrote:

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But, I do want to try her pudding. It's been on my list for awhile. We just don't eat much dessert here.

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 I thought my own homemade pudding was good until I tasted hers. It is soooo scrumptious I could eat the whole batch of it.

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 I love homemade pudding!

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Pudding makes me gag.  Apparently when I was about 2yo I chocked on some chocolate pudding.  I don't remember the incident but it seems my gag reflex does. 

Lexxy wrote:

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chef wrote:

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Tinydancer wrote:

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chef wrote:

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But, I do want to try her pudding. It's been on my list for awhile. We just don't eat much dessert here.

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 I thought my own homemade pudding was good until I tasted hers. It is soooo scrumptious I could eat the whole batch of it.

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 I love homemade pudding!

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Pudding makes me gag.  Apparently when I was about 2yo I chocked on some chocolate pudding.  I don't remember the incident but it seems my gag reflex does. 

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 Lexxy,

Have you ever had pudding with a skin on it?

Talk about gagging!!!!!

flan

flan327 wrote:

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Lexxy wrote:

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chef wrote:

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Tinydancer wrote:

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chef wrote:

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But, I do want to try her pudding. It's been on my list for awhile. We just don't eat much dessert here.

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 I thought my own homemade pudding was good until I tasted hers. It is soooo scrumptious I could eat the whole batch of it.

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 I love homemade pudding!

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Pudding makes me gag.  Apparently when I was about 2yo I chocked on some chocolate pudding.  I don't remember the incident but it seems my gag reflex does. 

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 Lexxy,

Have you ever had pudding with a skin on it?

Talk about gagging!!!!!

flan

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I'm going to spork you woman!  I may need to vomit in my trash can now!  I've never eaten it but the sight of it gut twisting. 

Pudding with a skin is gross. So is soup or any other food with a skin.

That's ok. Here's a pic to get it back on track ...