Friday, June 10, 2011

Cowboy Chocolate Cake

2 sticks of butter - melt and add 1 cup of water
4 tbsp coca
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp of salt
Pour and mix together
Add 2 eggs
8 oz sour cream
Pour into a pan bigger than 9x13 and bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes

                               Icing
1 stick of butter
4 tbsp coca
6-8 tbsp milk and heat until bubbly
Add 1 tbsp vanilla and powered sugar stir until stiff
Nuts if desired

Monday, May 23, 2011

English Toffee Bar By: Rhonda Curtsinger

2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/3 cups packed light brown sugar divided
½ plus 2/3 cup cold butter, divided
1 cup pecan halves
1 cup Hershey's milk chocolate chips



 -Heat oven to 350 degrees combine flour and 1 cup brown sugar in large bowl. With pastry blender or fork. Cut in ½ cup butter until fine crumbs form (a few large crumbs may remain.) Press mixture onto bottom of ungreased 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Sprinkle pecans over crust. Set aside. Combine remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar and 2/3 cup butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a boil. Boil 30 seconds stirring constantly then immediately pour over pecans and crust. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until topping is bubbly and golden, remove from oven. Immediately sprinkle milk chocolate chips evenly over top, press gently onto surface cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Hershey’s chocolate crumb crust for Marble cheesecake

1 ¼ cups of vanilla wafer crumbs (about 40 wafers)
1/3 cup of powdered sugar
1/3 cup of Hershey’s cocoa
¼ cup ( 1/2 stick) butter or margarine



Heat oven to 350 degrees. In medium bowl, stir together crumbs, powdered sugar and cocoa; blend in butter. Press mixture onto bottom and ½  inch up side of 9 inch springform pan. Bake 8 minutes; cool completely

Marble Cheesecake By: Blake Collins

Hershey’s chocolate crumb crust (recipe follows)
3 packages (8 ounces each) of cream cheese, softened.
1 cup of sugar, divided.
½ cup of dairy sour cream
2 ½ teaspoons of vanilla extract, divided
3 tablespoons of all purpose flour
3 eggs
¼ cup hershey’s cocoa
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil



-Prepare Hershey’s chocolate crumb crust. Increase over temperature to 450 degrees. In large mixer bowl  on a medium speed of electric mixer, beat cream cheese, ¾ cup sugar, sour cream and 2 teaspoons vanilla until smooth. Gradually add flour, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In medium bowl, stir together cocoa and remaining ¼ cup of sugar. Add oil, remaining ¼ cup of sugar. Add oil, remaining ½ teaspoon of vanilla and 1 ½ cups cream cheese mixture; blend well. Spoon plain and chocolate batters alternately into prepared crust, ending with spoonfuls of chocolate batter; gently swirl with knife for marble affect. Bake 10 minutes. Without opening door, reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees; continuing baking 30 minutes. Turn off oven; without without opening door; leave cheesecake in over for 30 minutes. Remove from oven to wire rack, With knife, immediately loosen cheesecake from side of pan; cool completely. Refrigerate for several hours or  overnight; remove side of pan. Cover; refrigerate leftover cheesecake

Frosting for Brownies By: Mandy Crutchfield

3 tlb butter
3 tlb unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tlb honey
1 t vanilla
1 cup confectioners’ sugar

-Combine frosting and frost brownies while they are still warm.

Brownies By: Mandy Crutchfield

½ c butter
1 c sugar
2 eggs
1 tea. Vanilla
1/3 c unsweetened cocoa powder
½ c flour
¼ tea. Salt
¼ tea. Baking soda



  -Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 8 in. square pan. Melt ½ cup butter in large sauce pan. Remove from heat and stir in sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat in 1/3 c. cocoa ½ c flour, salt and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 min. do not over cook.

Quick & Easy Sure-Fire Brownies By: Courtney Rudd

1 ½ c flour
½ c cocoa
2 c sugar
-Dash salt
1 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
1 c oil

  -Dump all together in a large bowl and stir with spoon no mixer needed. Bake in 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 for 23-28 min. do not over bake.