The BEST Brownie Recipe Ever

The Best Brownie Recipe

 

Ingredients :-

1.     Nonstick vegetable oil spray
2.     10 tbsp  unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
3.     1 1/4 cups sugar
4.     3/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
5.     2 tsp water
6.     1 tsp vanilla extract
7.     2 large eggs, chilled
8.     1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon unbleached all purpose flour
9.     1/2 cup hickory smoked almonds, crushed

Directions:

•     Position rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 325°F. Line 8×8 baking pan with foil and leaving 2-inch overhang. Coat foil with nonstick spray.
•     Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Continue cooking until butter stops foaming and browned bits form at bottom of pan, stirring often. Remove from heat; immediately add sugar, cocoa, 2 teaspoons water and vanilla. Stir to blend. Let cool 5 minutes.
•     Add eggs to hot mixture 1 at a time, beating vigorously to blend after each addition.
•     When mixture looks thick and shiny, add flour and stir until blended. Beat vigorously 60 strokes. Stir in nuts. Transfer batter to pan. Batter will be thick.
•     Bake brownies for 25 minutes. Check brownies by inserting toothpick, a few moist crumbs might stick to toothpick. Cool in pan on rack. Using foil overhang, lift brownies from pan. Cut into squares. Store in an air tight container.

Pepper Potts’ Stuffed Bell Peppers

Pepper Potts’ Stuffed Bell Peppers {#Recipe}

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 lb Italian Sausage
2. 1/2 lb ground beef
3. 1 can Rotel Diced Tomatoes and Green Chilies
4. 1 med onion, chopped
5. 2 cloves garlic, minced
6. 6 bell peppers
7. 1 cup rice, raw
8. 2 cups Mexican blend shredded cheese, divided
9. olive oil
10. salt & pepper

Directions:Get the rice cooking.  Brown the sausage and ground beef and season to taste.


 

Cut the tops off of the bell peppers and use a spoon to remove seeds and veins as much as possible.  Dice up the usable parts of the bell pepper tops and one medium onion.


In a clean pan, saute onions and peppers until onions are translucent and soft, about 6-8 minutes.  Add garlic and continue to saute for 4-5 more minutes.


Combine Rotel Diced Tomatoes, ground beef and sausage mixture, onion and pepper mixture, and rice in a a large bowl.

Stir to combine all ingredients.

Add 1 1/2 cups of cheese to mixture and stir to combine.

• Drizzle olive oil inside the bell peppers and season with salt and pepper.  Stuff peppers with mixture and place in a greased 8×8 baking dish.  Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of cheese over the tops of the peppers and cover with foil.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes and then remove foil and bake for an additional 5 minutes.  The cheese should be nice and bubbly!

Fried Ravioli Recipe

Fried Ravioli Recipe

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 c Kikkoman Panko bread crumbs
2. 1/2 c Italian seasoned bread crumbs
3. 1 tsp Italian seasoning
4. 1/2 tsp kosher salt
5. 10-14 store bought fresh ravioli – not frozen (I used jumbo four-cheese)
6. 2 eggs
7. 1/3 c milk
8. oil for frying
9. marinara sauce for dipping (optional)

Directions:

• Bring ravioli and eggs to room temperature.
• Combine the bread crumbs, Italian seasoning, and salt in a shallow bowl.
• Whisk together the eggs and milk in another bowl.
• Dip the raviolis in the egg mixture and then dredge in the bread crumb mixture.  Repeat this a a second time so they are double-dipped :)  Let the raviolis set on a rack while the oil is coming up to temp.
• You can either deep-fry or pan-fry the raviolis.  You are looking for a temperature of 350-375.
• The raviolis take about 3 minutes to cook.  Flip them over about halfway through to make sure they are cooking evenly.  Once they are a nice golden color – take them out!  The raviolis will puff up slightly just as they would if you boiled them.

Serve them warm or at room temperature.   A warm marinara makes the perfect dipping sauce for this tasty appetizer.
Fried Raviolis