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Brownies, hold the chocolate
1 stick of butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup nuts, chopped (optional)
Powdered sugar
Melt butter slowly in saucepan over low heat. Add brown sugar and bring to a boil slowly over low heat, stirring constantly. Once the sugar is melted, remove from the burner and set aside to cool for about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, stirring well after each addition. Add vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Stir in nuts, if using. Pour batter into a well-greased 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
Editor's notes: Kaye always skips the nuts because her mother made this recipe without. She also uses margarine for the same reason. Kaye says this recipe is quick and easy — no electric mixer required.
LIMA — Aubree Kaye likes what she likes — and it usually has something to do with tradition.
Case in point: today's Butterscotch Brownies. It's her mother's recipe, and she bakes these brownies just like her mother does. Margarine is a must, never butter. And without nuts. Always.
It's a family tradition, and now Kaye has taken on the responsibility.
“She lets me make them now because she said I was doing them better than her,” Kaye said.
Kaye, executive director of Downtown Lima, said she comes from a line of cooks. Her grandmothers were on top of it — one, now 90 years old, was making homemade noodles until very recently.
“I was always helping in the kitchen right beside one of them,” Kaye said. “I think baking is therapy for me. If I have something on my mind, I can stand and bake.”
Her mother is also a great baker and she cans, putting up fruit and veggies in addition to jams and jellies. Kaye has vowed to can peaches with her mother this year to learn her secrets. The only downside is that peaches “come on” or are ready in August, so that means standing over a pot of boiling water in the hottest part of the year.
Kaye learned much while growing up but has continued to learn different dishes from her husband's Italian family.
“So I married into a cooking family, too,” she said.
She and husband Mike have three young children. As soon as the bus dropped them off from school, they headed to the kitchen to see what Mom had made that day. The oldest boy, 8, even stopped to emphasize just how good his elders are in the kitchen. And so the tradition continues.
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