Recipes from Connie’s Garden Tour refreshment table

I was asked by a few people for the recipes I used for some of the things I had made as hostess that day and I’ll submit them below.

I’d like to encourage CGC meeting and summer hostesses to post their raved over recipes too. If you post yourself rather then sending it to me to do for you, check Category “In the Arbor”–our general blog and select “recipe” from the hotlink “Choose from the most used tags”. Or just share a recipe you’ve really liked among your club friends.

You can also submit recipes to the public portion blog “Community Blog” if you have a recipe that is great for using garden produce,  quantities of harvested herbs or flowers as an ingredient.

Here you go, Julia:

Bayou Brownies

Units: US 15 pcs

1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup butter, melted
3 large eggs
1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar

Directions:
1 Combine pecans, butter, 1 egg and cake mix.
2 Stir until well blended.
3 Press into the bottom of a lightly greased 13X9 inch pan.
4 Set aside.
5 Combine remaining 2 eggs, cream cheese and powdered sugar in a large bowl.
6 Beat at medium speed until smooth.
7 Pour cream cheese mixture over cake mix layer.
8 Bake at 325 for 40 minutes or until cheese mixture is set.
9 Let cool completely in pan on wire rack.

Coffee Blond Brownies

Makes 20 2×2 brownies.
1 lb dark brown sugar
1.5 sticks unslated butter
2 TB instant coffee powder
1 TB hot water
2 eggs
2 TB vanilla
2 c unbleached all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 c pecans, chopped
1 c semisweet chocoloate bits
Heat the brown sugar and butter in a med size saicepan until butter melts. Disolve the coffee in the hot water and stir into the butter mixture. Let cool to room temp
Preheat oven to 350F and butter an 11×8 baking pan.
When the butter mixture is cool, beat in the eggs and vanilla with a hand-held mixer.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and stir into the butter mixture with a wooden spoon. Stir in the pecans and chocolate.
Spread the mixture evenly in the prepared pan with a rubber spatula. Bake until lightly browned, 25-30 minutes. Do not overbake.
Cook completely and cut into two inch squares.

 

 

 

 

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