I've been making these brownies for 25 or 30 years. We've always called them Susan's Brownies because I got the recipe from Sue Smith, from the Mayflower Resort on Deer Lake in northern Minnesota. The recipe says Hershey's Brownies. They're ridiculously easy to make, and wildly popular. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. You'll need 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 stick (1/2 cup) of margarine, 4 eggs and 1 can (16 ounce size) of Hershey's syrup. The margarine should be soft.
Mix the sugar, flour and margarine together. Add the eggs, then the syrup. Pour into a greased cake pan. Bake for about 30 minutes. The typical toothpick test does not work for this one. The cake pulls away from the side of the pan a bit when it is done.
The brownie doesn't rise much -- eggs are the only leavening ingredient. It has a dense, moist texture, much like a chocolate torte. According to my life partner, it is the frosting that 'makes' these brownies. I'm not so sure, but the frosting is a necessary part of the recipe. It, too, is ridiculously easy.
Frosting: 6 tablespoons of milk, 6 tablespoons of margarine, and 1 1/2 cups of sugar. Put in a pan, and bring to a hard boil. Boil about 1 minute. Remove from heat and add 3/4 cup chocolate chips. Stir until smooth. It will be a very, very thin frosting, which sets up as it cools. You can wait a couple of minutes until it starts to set up, or just pour it, very slowly, over the top of the cake while it is hot. This should be done while the brownies are still warm.
TJ volunteered to test the brownies, and declared that they were awful. No one else needs to eat any of them, he says. He will make the sacrifice and eat them so that no one else needs to suffer.
He is a very, very kind child.
Mix the sugar, flour and margarine together. Add the eggs, then the syrup. Pour into a greased cake pan. Bake for about 30 minutes. The typical toothpick test does not work for this one. The cake pulls away from the side of the pan a bit when it is done.
The brownie doesn't rise much -- eggs are the only leavening ingredient. It has a dense, moist texture, much like a chocolate torte. According to my life partner, it is the frosting that 'makes' these brownies. I'm not so sure, but the frosting is a necessary part of the recipe. It, too, is ridiculously easy. Frosting: 6 tablespoons of milk, 6 tablespoons of margarine, and 1 1/2 cups of sugar. Put in a pan, and bring to a hard boil. Boil about 1 minute. Remove from heat and add 3/4 cup chocolate chips. Stir until smooth. It will be a very, very thin frosting, which sets up as it cools. You can wait a couple of minutes until it starts to set up, or just pour it, very slowly, over the top of the cake while it is hot. This should be done while the brownies are still warm.
TJ volunteered to test the brownies, and declared that they were awful. No one else needs to eat any of them, he says. He will make the sacrifice and eat them so that no one else needs to suffer.
He is a very, very kind child.
2 comments:
A nice looking pan of brownies. I suspect that TJ's offer to sacrifice fooled no one. I think he's tried this ruse before without much success. But I don't blame him for trying. TT
Jimi - He tries it every time I make Lillie's cake. It doesn't work then, either. He's persistent, though.
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