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Cooking with Tara

Oreo Cookie Brownies
* THINGS YOU WILL NEED...
* 1/2 cup unsalted butter - softened
* 1 1/4 cups sugar
* 3 large eggs
* 5 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
* 12 Oreo cookies chopped into small pieces
* HOW TO BAKE...
* Heat oven to 325 degrees
* Line a 9 or 10 inch square pan with aluminum foil. * Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until they are smooth.
* Mix in eggs one at a time.
* Then add the melted chocolate and vanilla.
* Put in the flour and mix well on low speed.
* Finally you are ready for the chopped up oreos.
* Pour batter into the prepared baking pan and spread it evenly with a rubber spatula.
* Bake for 40-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
* Cool the brownies and then cut into squares.
TIPS ON MAKING OREO COOKIE BROWNIES
1. Do NOT eat the chocolate it doesn't have any sugar and is very nasty!
2. USE a microwave safe bowl to melt the chocolate and butter.
3. CAUTION after melting chocolate, chocolate is very hot and stings if splashed on you!

Tara's Sweet Snack
* THINGS SHE USES...
* Red Grapes
* Whipped Cream
* M&Ms
* Anything else
* HOW TO MAKE...
* Mix ingredients together in a bowl
* Enjoy!

Chrusciki
THINGS YOU WILL NEED...
* 2 cups flour
* 1 1/2 TBS. fat
* 5 egg yolks
* 1 TBS. rum,
* salt
* fat for frying
* vanilla sugar for sprinkling
* HOW TO BAKE...
* Cut butter into flour.
* Add rum and as much egg yolk so that the dough doesn't stick to the flour board while kneeding.
Beat dough against the board.
* If bubbles appear on the surface of the dough, cover and set aside for 1/2 hour.
* Cut small amounts of dough at a time, roll out }}i{{ this (1/8 inch), flour the board as little as possible.
* Cut in strips 1 inch wide by 3-4 inches long, cutting the ends diagonally.
* Cut a split length wise in the center of each strip (about 1 1/2 inches) and pull through one end of the strip though the opening, level.
* Fry these while they are still damp. Heat fast, test for temperature, fry a few at a time in enough room so they float freely. Fry on both sides to light gold. Remove with fork, drain each piece, place on absorbant paper.
* When cool, remove to plate and sprinkle perfusely with powered vanilla sugar.