Ingredients
3/4 cup margarine
3/4 cup cocoa
2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter cream frosting
Directions
Melt the margarine and mix with the cocoa.
In a small bowl, mix flour and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs. Then add sugar, vanilla, and beat
well. Add flour and margarine mixture to this and blend thoroughly.
Heat skillet to medium-low. Drop small clumps (about 1 T) and cook
like pancakes: about 1 1/2 minutes on one side, 1/2 minute on the
other, then turn over again and remove after a few seconds. Freeze.
When relatively hard, coat one side with buttercream frosting.
NOTES:
* Brownies in a skillet -- This recipe is based on a "chocolate
turtle" recipe by Mae Rabenius from a cookbook produced by Faith
United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Yield: 40 pieces.
* One side of the pancakes may burn. It doesn't particularly affect
the taste, and if you frost this side, no one will even know.
* It's not necessary to cook the pancakes completely; if the middle
looks somewhat gooey, don't fret: it will soon harden.
: Difficulty: easy.
: Time: 10 minutes preparation, 30 minutes to cook, 10 minutes to
frost. : Precision: approximate measurement OK.
: Duane Morse
: International Anasazi, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
: noao!mot!anasazi!duane
: Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust
Servings: 3 dozen
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