Home Baked Goodies

Contents: white whole wheat flour, white flour, water, sugar,

shortening, yeast, salt.

Cooking with cocoa makes it economical

Brownies

• 1 stick butter
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1/cup oil
• 4 eggs at room temperature
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Melt butter in a double boiler. Add cocoa and oil, mix well. Set this mixture aside and let it cool to room temperature.
3. Beat eggs and salt until light in color and foamy. There is no other leavening in this recipe, so don’t cut corners here.
4. Gradually add sugar and continue beating. Add vanilla
5. With a few swift strokes, fold in the cocoa mixture. Do this by hand, so as not to break down the beaten eggs. Before mixture is uniformly blended, fold in flour, again by hand.
6. If you want to add 1/2 cup chopped nuts, do it now.
7. Pour batter into a greased 13 by 9 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cut when cool.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pound bacon
• 2 (28 ounce) cans baked beans
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 2 cups packed brown sugar

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
3. In a large bowl combine beans, chili sauce, onion, brown sugar and bacon. Pour into a 9×13 inch casserole dish.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

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