I got hungry last night, so I whipped up some brownies and added some leftover cherries and fudge from the sundaes we made a week ago. They turned out so good I had to blog about it. Yes THAT good. I just followed the brownie recipe on the back of the can of cocoa, substituting the butter with crisco instead. (we are out of butter, MUST go shopping) I drained MOST of the juices out of the jar of cherries, leaving about 2 tbsp and dumped the contents into the mix. Then I just baked. The recipe called for about 30 minutes, I baked for 25.. I am impatient. But it didn't matter, just made them even better IMO. After they came out of the oven, I poked holes throughout the brownies (easy since they were still warm) then dumped all of hot fudge we had left all over said brownies. We didnt' even wait to cut them. We ate them warm. Had to scoop them onto our plates. They were EXCELLENT. The picture does not do any justice.
In case you wanted he recipe, it is below. I added my own tweaks as well. :
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons butter or margarine (I used crisco, worked just as good)
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 Eggs
6 tablespoons Baking Cocoa
1/2 cup Sifted All purpose Flour.
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (I didn't use)
Also, I added the cherries, with about 2 tablespoons cherry juice. (maraschino) I mixed all the ingredients first, then folded these in.
Cream Butter or margarine, sugar and vanilla. Beat in eggs. Blend in Cocoa. Stir in flour and nuts. (and cherries). Bake in greased 8x8x2 inch pan at 325 for 30 to 35 minutes. (I used a 9x13 pan bc I couldn't find my 8x8 lol.. and baked for 25 minutes) Cool. (another option I did not go for, couldn't wait)
Enjoy! My kids had whipped cream on top of theirs too. Another added option to this yummy goodness. Now I am going to pin this. Have a nice day!
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