Tornado Brownies

By : Ani Brown

Cream these together in a bowl and set aside.
1. 8 oz cream cheese
2. 1/3 c sugar
3. 1 egg
4. 1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix these ingredients and melt in small saucepan
1. 3/4 c. water
2. 1/2 c. margarine
3. 1 1/2 square unsweetened baking chocolate (chopped up to melt fast)

Mix these ingredients together and then add chocolate mix and blend well
1. 2 c. sugar
2. 2 c. flour
3. 2 eggs
4. 1/2 c. sour cream
5. 1 tsp. vanilla
6. 1 tsp. baking soda
7. 1/2 tsp. salt

Pour blended chocolate mixture into a greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly around. Drop spoonfuls of cream cheese mixture randomly. Take butter knife and drag through cream cheese drops to form swirls.

Bake at 375 for about 30 minutes.

(These were our favorite brownies growing up. Hope you enjoy them! Thought I better contribute since I've enjoyed some GREAT recipes from perusing this blog.)

BYU MOA Curry Chicken Pasta

by Natalie Pelfrey

(I got this recipe from my friend who worked at the MOA and the batches they made were huge so I just pretty much make the recipe however I want. But here are the basic guidelines)

Orzo pasta
diced cooked chicken
chopped celery
slivered almonds
green onions
grapes

Dressing:
equal parts sour cream and heavy mayo
sugar
salt and pepper
tons of curry powder

I just make this according to the things I like the best and it always turns out yummy!

Buttermilk Banana Bread

Buttermilk Banana Bread

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar (Note from Lucy: I only use 3/4 c. sugar and I think it's still great.)
2 eggs, well beaten
1 cup mashed bananas (I use about 3 average sized bananas)
4 tablespoons buttermilk
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
dash baking soda

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to banana mixture. Mix until combined. Divide batter into greased and floured bread pans and bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. This recipe makes about one large loaf of banana bread (I usually have a bit leftover for a few of my mini bread pans).

I got this from my favorite place for recipes:
http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2008/03/buttermilk-banana-bread.html

Lucy