Holiday Brownies Recipe

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Holiday Brownies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + cooling Bake: 35 min.

Yield: 24 Servings

15 35 50

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 cups sugar
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups halved red and/or green candied cherries, divided
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

In a heavy saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Cool for 10 minutes. In a bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Fold in 1-1/4 cups cherries and the walnuts.
Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Arrange remaining cherries over top. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 205 calories, 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 46 mg cholesterol, 107 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Holiday Brownies in Country December/January 2000, p51

Substitute for Nuts

If your family loves the crunch of nuts in brownies and chocolate chip cookies, but someone is allergic to them, add granola or crisp rice cereal in the same amounts as the nuts called for in your recipes. But, always check the granola or cereal packages for nut allergy alerts to be certain.