Yummy Brownies

Rikard and I had a sweet tooth the other night so I found this pretty yummy recipe for brownies... The honey makes the frosting to die for! I think I ate half of it before the brownies were even out of the oven.  I am sure you could do the brownies with spray butter os something healthier, but you know me I am all about the butter! Mmmm!


Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking powder



3 tablespoons butter, softened

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon honey

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup confectioners' sugar









Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.

2. In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook.

4. To Make Frosting: Combine 3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon honey (I did 2 tablespoons and it made it even better) , 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Frost brownies while they are still warm.

Applesauce Bread

Ok, this I my own little baby (insert proud smile here)!
I was sleepy and wanted some sweet bread, but I had run out of shredded frozen zucchini and my bananas were not ripe enough for bread yet. Soooo, this is what I came up with.

3/4 c Fat Free Sour Cream
3/4 c Brown Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
3 Egg Whites
1 c Applesauce
2 c Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Allspice
1 c Craisins or Raisins

Mix brown sugar, sour cream and vanilla. Add egg whites and applesauce and mix well. Add remaining ingredients, except Craisins, and mix until combined. Stir in Craisins and fill loaf pan. Cook at 350 for 60 mins. I usesd mini loaf pans and only cooked them for 30 mins. So yummy and pretty healthy!

Korean Fire Meat

I think both Brandon and Rikard will like this one because it's lots of red meat. Not to mention its really yummy too.
My friend Julianne made this for our book club a few months ago. I think she originally got it from Good Things Utah.

2-3 lbs beef roast, well trimmed (she suggested having the butcher trim it really thin, but I just sliced it really thin myself)
1 c sugar

Marinade
3/4 c Soy Sauce
2 tbs Sesame Seeds
3 Garlic Cloves, minced
2 tbs Sesame Oil
1 Bunch Green Onions, thinly sliced
Red Pepper Flakes (optional for a little kick)

Combine beef and sugar in a bag or bowl and let sit for 10 mins. Combine ingredients for marinade and pour over beef. Mix and let stand overnight.

Cook in heavy pan or Dutch Oven in small batches over medium-high to high heat.

Serve over rice as a main dish. Or as an appetizer, serve on Boston lettuce leaves with matchstick carrots and cucumbers.

I ended putting the cooked meat into a crock pot to keep it warm, and with my last batch of meat I poured the remaining marinade in to cook and it made a nice sauce.

And knowing me, I forgot to take a picture so please use your imagination until I make it again and take a picture :)

Banana muffins

Last week I decided to master Banana Muffins... Here in Sweden they don't really know what a good muffin is. So I was on a mission to show them what a REAL muffin is. When I say muffin I am talking about a Big muffin with an even Bigger top, broke in two with butter melting on both pieces! SO good! I had 2 recipes I wanted to try and I still cant decided which I liked more, Rikard preferred the first recipe. 

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter

Directions

1.     Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease 10 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers.

2.     In a large bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.

3.     In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Cut in 1 tablespoon butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.

Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean


This next one makes like 3 pans of muffins... They have a more cake like consistency.

Ingredients

• 2 sticks Butter
• 1-½ cup + 2 TBLS Sugar
• 3 whole Eggs
• 1-½ cup Mashed Ripe Bananas
• 4 cups + 2 TBLS Flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1-½ teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1-½ cup Sour Cream

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease muffin pan.

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time, beating for a few seconds after each addition. Add mashed bananas and beat.

Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl.

Add dry ingredients and sour cream alternately to the mixing bowl. Beat well until all combined.

Pour into muffin pan and bake for 45 minutes to an hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Invert on a cooling rack and allow cake to cool slightly before slicing and serving with softened butter.

I also put the brown sugar crumbs on top of these and it made them delicious!

So, let me know which one you think is better! Good luck