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Wednesday's O.A.M.C. Recipe: *Fudgy Brownies*
Requests & Replies from Subscribers:  Cowboy Baked Beans

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Fudgy Brownies

Recipe By : Real Food for Real People
Serving Size : 12        Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies                  Desserts
Once A Month Cooking

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup Butter
3 ounces Baking Chocolate
2 Eggs -- well-beaten
1 cup Flour
1/2 teaspoon Double-acting Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Walnuts -- chopped
2 cups Brown Sugar, packed

Melt butter and chocolate in top of double boiler. Cool slightly. Beat in remaining
ingredients by hand. Pour into a 8" × 12" pan that has been prepared with non-stick
cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees F. until set, or about 30 minutes. (Do not use
convection setting on oven).

(This is a great recipe to freeze for later use. Be sure to freeze BEFORE cutting, and wrap
tightly in plastic and foil to prevent freezer burn).

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 324 Calories; 15g Fat (40.6% calories from fat); 4g
Protein; 47g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 52mg Cholesterol; 168mg Sodium.

Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 3 Fat; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
 

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Recipes from our wonderful Subscribers!
 

~ Subscriber Requests ~
 

Does anyone have a recipe for homemade yogurt, all I seem to be able to get in the stores
is flavored and has a lot of additives.

Dee

Hi Kaylin,

Thanks for your dedication to this site and the e-zine. I have been enjoying it for several
years and couldn’t even begin to count the number of good recipes I’ve tried!

I am hoping my fellow readers can help me. I am having company the week of Spring Break
– anywhere from 8-15 additional people of all ages. We are going to eat out a couple of
times, but I am cooking at least a few nights. We’re also going to be doing a fair amount of
sight seeing so I don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. If I could make meals
ahead and freeze or refrigerate, or use the crockpot - even better.

What I’m looking for are tried and true delicious casserole recipes, pasta casserole recipes
– anything like this that is a crowd pleaser whether it is made with pasta, rice based,
stuffing, or potatoes, etc. I have a great Spaghetti Pie for a Crowd recipe, but I don’t want to
serve Italian every night. Variety would be great. Thanks in advance to everyone!

Vicki San Antonio, TX

Hello,

Years ago I had a delicious lime Jell-O recipe. It contained pineapple, pecans and I can't
remember what else. It was poured into a 9x13" pan and chilled and then topped with
mayonnaise and grated American cheese.

Roberta Welch
 

~ Subscriber Responses ~
 

The following recipe came to me from the granddaughter of a notorious persona from the
Chicago area. It is delightful and I hope Beth finds it the same.

Braciole

In a pot, heat pasta sauce then turn down heat to keep warm.

Ask your butcher for Braciole meat or use round steak or veal scaloppini. Pound meat very
thin and slice into portions. On each portion of meat, add: 1/4-tsp, or less, oil the length
of the portion in the center. Again, in the center of each portion, sprinkle with bread
crumbs; sprinkle with pine nuts; lightly salt, pepper and garlic powder (you can rub outside
of each portion with a garlic clove in the very beginning and omit the garlic powder in this
step).

Roll each portion and tie with cotton thread or butcher string. Dredge in flour and fry until
browned. As each portion is browned, add it to the pasta sauce. When all portions are in
the sauce, simmer for 1-1/2 to 2-hours.

Browned pork chops can be added to the sauce and simmered for 1-hour if desired.

Serve meat on a platter and serve the sauce with pasta in a separate bowl. Have plenty of
crusty Italian or French bread and ENJOY!

Janet in CA               janetwatson@pacbell.net
 

This is for Jennifer who is looking for easily kept sour cream substitutes for cooking. I have
successfully used plain yogurt and this can be frozen until needed. Also, she might try the
dry powdered buttermilk. I haven't used this as a sour cream sub but in baking it should
work fine. I use it all the time as a sub for fresh buttermilk. It could possibly be
reconstituted and used in top of stove recipes also, such as stroganoff. Hope this helps,
Jennifer!

Vera              veraeggert@msn.com
 

For Misty who wanted baked bean recipes.

Cowboy Baked Beans

2 - 16 oz. can pork and beans
1 can Ranch Style beans
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 c. green pepper, chopped
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. molasses
1/4 c. ketchup
2 Tbsp. yellow mustard
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 or more cloves garlic, crushed
1 tsp. seasoned salt
1/2 tsp. lemon pepper
4-5 slices bacon

Combine all ingredients except bacon and mix well. Pour into a sprayed 9x13 baking dish.
Lay bacon slices on top of beans. Bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours. (I never bake them
for 2 hours - 1 to 1 1/4 is fine!)

Michelle               shellroiz@yahoo.com
 

Re: Refrigerator Odor Problem

Here you go. I was married to a commercial fisherman for many years. Put an open can or
bag of COFFEE in the fridge. It will absorb all the nasty odors. It is the only thing that ever
worked for us in the fishing industry. It doesn't matter what brand of coffee you use. Now I
always threw away the coffee when I was done using it. I don't think that trying to brew the
coffee to drink would be a good idea after it has absorbed the fish odor. It also works as
well if you have a freezer mal-function and end up with a fishy odors problem. Have a great
day.

Linda & Bill Bradford               LB_StarPlace@comporium.net

This is for Sandi who had a smelly refrigerator: I once went on a two-week vacation only to
return to find that my refrigerator/freezer and gone off and of course, all the food spoiled. A
refrigerator repairman suggested that I spread toothpaste on a large piece of cardboard and
place it in the refrigerator for several days. I did and --voila!!-- no horrible spoiled food smell!
Worked for me!

Margaret               roehmer@cox.net

They should check to see if there is a drain pan under the refrigerator that needs to be
emptied and cleaned. Also, possibly the fish leaked onto some other food item(s) in the
refrigerator or onto other groceries on the way home from the store. The only other idea I
have is to turn the refrigerator off, open the door(s), let it air out and see if that works.

Kristi Thompson             kristi55057@copper.net

This is for Sandi. I know she said that they used kitty litter but did they use the right kind?
Many years ago when we were moving out of state the movers actually came about six
hours early. We had to finish emptying the upright freezer and hurriedly wiped it down.
Apparently it was still damp when they strapped it and loaded it onto the truck. The load
was not delivered to our new address for about 10 days. PU!! We tried all the same
remedies that Sandi's son tried. We were ready to just throw it away and get a new one
when someone told us about the kitty litter. That was twenty five years ago so there was
not all the fancy litters available today. What we used was like rabbit food pellets that you
can get at an old fashioned feed store, but it was labeled kitty litter. Maybe the rabbit
pellets would work, too. Anyway, we put small containers of the litter on every shelf and
closed the doors. We kept them closed for a few days; I don't remember exactly how
many days but I'm sure it was three or four. When we opened the door it only smelled like
the pellets. We washed down all the surfaces and left the door open for another couple of
days. No more odor. It took a while but it worked. We'd had that freezer for about six or
seven years and kept it for about five more years and then gave it to a family that had had a
fire. We moved from that town about ten years later and the freezer was still going strong.
It's probably long dead by now though. Good luck!

Margaret            margarett@juno.com

The person who asked for the solution to eradicate a fishy smell from refrigerator-freezer
said that they had tried newspapers, but I'm wondering how long the newspapers were
used. I had a fish smell in the refrigerator freezer area when we first moved into an
apartment years ago, and the wadded up newspapers (the ones with the black newspaper
ink) worked miraculously for me. I don't know why it would not work in the refrigerator
section of the refrigerator, as well. Just be sure to wad up the newspapers, filling all the
space, and leave them in the refrigerator and the freezer for at least several days. If this
doesn't work; try the same thing again for a few more days. Believe me, this is quite a job,
to remove fishy odor from anything, but this worked for me. Of course, this means you
can't use your refrigerator during this time, but so what; this is much better than everything
smelling like fish.

Mary               walterm@vnet.net
 

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