Bread, Biscuits, and Brownies

Sept. 30th Kinship Meeting

I baked a couple of things for our potluck soup dinner with friends. Julie loves my tomato bread, so I'm glad that I had picked that out of all of the bread recipes I have enjoyed making. (See also: Tomato-Cheddar Bread; Tomato Dinner Rolls.)

The next item was my take on the "7-Up Dinner Rolls" recipe, which has been going around Pinterest lately. Instead of 7-Up (I don't normally have any pop in the house), I just used buttermilk. (See also: Rye Biscuits)

Quick & Easy Biscuits

2 c. Bisquick
1 t. sugar (helps the tops brown in the oven)
1/2 c. sour cream
1/2 c. half & half, mixed with 1 T. dry buttermilk powder (or add 1/2 c. buttermilk if you have it handy)
melted butter for the pan

Preheat oven to 450˚. Mix all ingredients together; turn dough out into buttered 8" square metal pan. Dust with some additional flour, and pat the dough flat; use a buttered bench knife or spatula to score into squares. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until top is lightly browned.

And, finally, I found this recipe in a Hershey's cookbook...of course, I had to tinker with it a little...there are 4 sections (l to r): plain, almonds, chocolate chip, dried cherries. [the chips and cherries kinda sank into the batter during baking]

Hershey's Best Brownies

2 sticks unsalted butter, melted 
2 c. sugar 
2 t. vanilla 
4 eggs 
3/4 c. Hershey's Cocoa 
1 c. flour 
1/2 t. baking powder 
1/2 t. salt 
toppings/additions (optional)

Heat oven to 350˚. Grease 9x13 pan.

Mix sugar, baking powder, salt, and vanilla into melted butter. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring with wooden spoon between additions. Add cocoa; mix well. Stir in flour and mix well. Pour into prepared pan. 

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until brownies are set in the center. Cool on wire rack, if you can wait that long...I usually can't! 

These turned out absolutely fantastic. Very fudgey consistency, and lots of flavor.