When you are searching for summer recipes, which ones do you look for the most often? Ones for appetizers, salads or bars? On newsstands now is the summer issue of Betty Crocker magazines with 74 recipe cards for summer.
Doesn’t this Mango-Pepper Salsa Crostini look “summery” to you? It looks really light and fresh to me! It's in this magazine and on bettycrocker.com too.
This weekend, Blake and his parents are coming up to our cabin. He and I are planning (although he doesn’t know it yet) to bake a pan of these Cola Brownies, from the magazine, for our after-lunch treat on Saturday.
Cola Brownies
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Start to Finish: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
Brownies
1 box (1 lb 2.3 oz) Betty Crocker® fudge brownie mix
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 egg
1/2 cup cola carbonated beverage (from a 12-oz can)
1/2 cup buttermilk
Frosting
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1/4 cup cola carbonated beverage
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 chopped pecans, toasted
1. Heat oven to 350° F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
2. In medium bowl, stir brownie mix, oil, egg, cola and buttermilk until well blended. Spread into pan.
3. Bake 24 to 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2-inches from side comes out clean or almost clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
4. In medium microwavable bowl, microwave butter on HIGH 45 to 60 seconds, stirring once, until melted; stir in cocoa and cola. Gradually beat in powdered sugar.
5. Spread frosting over brownies; sprinkle with pecans. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.
24 bars
1 Bar: Calories 240; Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 3g); Sodium 110mg; Total Carbohydrate 41g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 1g
Exchanges: 1/2 Starch, 2 Other Carbohydrate, 1 1/2 Fat
Carbohydrate Choices: 3
No buttermilk on hand? Combine 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar with enough milk to equal 1/2 cup. Stir and let stand 5 minutes.
To toast pecans, preheat oven to 350° F. Spread pecans in a single layer in a baking pan. Bake about 5 to 7 minutes or until golden and toasted.