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homemade brownies fresh out of the pan

Let’s eat those brownies fresh out of the oven!

My sister helped a guy open a deli, and they needed some sweet items for the menu. My sister and I had been baking these brownies since we were little.  Our mom had the 1970s Betty Crocker’s Cookbook for Boys & Girls, and we would test out recipes on the weekends.  On the cover I think there is a group of seventies kids eating the brownies.  The deli was called Acme Deli, so I call my recipe “Acme Brownies.”  We vary it from the original recipe by just an extra spill of vanilla.  My mom would always tell us to fill the measuring spoon with vanilla so it spills over a bit.  So that’s what I always do.

Old fashioned gingerbread cut out cookies

Old fashioned gingerbread cut out cookies

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It’s fudgy chocolate frosting time

Acme Brownies are a back to school treat

Acme Brownies are a back to school treat

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Best old fashioned banana bread recipe for beginners

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Welcome!  I am Chris, teacher and  mother of four almost all adult kids.  I started this blog during the global pandemic.  Very quickly I had to change with the times.   I was also forced into cooking comfort food just to keep the peace.   Read more about me here.

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