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Marianne

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this is the recipe I use:

Mrs. Quinn's Easy Brownies

3/4 cups melted butter
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
1/2 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped, toasted nuts
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350 degrees, grease a 13x9" pan. Beat butter, eggs, sugar, vanilla in a large bowl. Mix in cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine. Stir in nuts and chips. Pour into pan. Bake Mrs. Quinn's Easy Brownies for 20-22 minutes.

I usually have to bake them a couple minutes longer.

I feel your pain with the neighbor dragging you all over the place for hours. I learned that there are certain people you don't want to ride along with, too. My latest was a friend that wanted me to go with her to a thrift store in a neighboring town. I got two little things in that little store....in two hours. She wanted to hit the book section - in three stores. Agh. Took all day.

Are you still getting eggs? My girls are down to giving me ONE egg a day now. Pretty poor performance for 5 new girls and two oldies. I might have to have the chicken and noodles talk with them today.
 

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Thanks for the recipe Marianne! My 5 girls are still averaging 3 a day, so I can't complain. We just don't eat eggs for breakfast everyday. But you can bet I keep a few back for baking!!

In fact I tried a new recipe the other night. Cinnamon cake... It wasn't quite what I was hoping for. The texture was great, but it would be better served as a breakfast cake with butter spread on it. The recipe suggested a cinnamon syrup, which I tried, but it tasted better in the saucepan than it did on the cake. I am so glad I didn't pour it over the whole cake! It looks pretty in the picture though!
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One of the neighbors up the road had a sliding glass door and we wanted to put one in the bedroom addition, so"J" bartered with the guy and traded a custom slipcover for the door. Here is the completed slipcover.

Before:
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After:
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Closure detail:
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The man can sew!
 

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Wow that's a pretty awesome job! :th The cake looks good too :D
 

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Ya, no kidding! Great looking slip cover and great looking cinnamon cake, too! (even if the sauce wasn't as good as you thought, it still looks like it should have been!)
 

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The slip cover looks great!!! I hope you saved the cinnamon syrup for something else like pancakes!
 

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Beautiful job on the sofa! Always wanted to tackle something similar (or re-covering an old chair), but I lack the confidence.

I can't explain why, but I am craving brownie's or cinnamon cake for dessert :lol:
 
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