MM: CROCKPOT BROWNIE CAKES IN A JAR
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Title: CROCKPOT BROWNIE CAKES IN A JAR
Categories: Crockpot, Brownies
Yield: 2 Servings

2 CANNING JARS, -wide mouth (See note)
1 c ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
1 c SUGAR
1/2 ts BAKING SODA
1/4 ts GROUND CINNAMON (optional)
1/3 c BUTTER or MARGARINE
1/4 c WATER
3 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 c BUTTERMILK
1 EGG, beaten
1/2 ts VANILLA EXTRACT
1/4 c WALNUTS, finely chopped

Well grease two 1-pint straight-sided wide-mouth
canning jars; line the bottom of each jar with waxed
paper. Set aside.

In a small bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking
soda and cinnamon, if desired. Set aside.

In a medium saucepan combine butter or margarine,
water, and cocoa powder; heat and stir till margarine
is melted and mixture is well blended. Remove from
heat; stir in flour mixture. Add buttermilk, egg and
vanilla; beat by hand until smooth. Stir in nuts.

Pour mixture into the prepared canning jars. Cover
the jars tightly with greased foil. (Place
greased-side down on each jar).

Place jars in a 3 1/2, 4, 5, or 6-quart crockery
cooker with liner in place. Cover; cook on high heat
setting for 2-3/4 to 3 hours or until cakes spring
back when touched and a long wooden toothpick inserted
near the centers comes out clean. Remove jars from
cooker; cool 10 minutes. Unmold cakes; remove waxed paper.
Serve warm or cool with ice cream.
Makes 8 servings.

WARNING: Use only CANNING JARS for this recipe.
Others may not be tempered to withstand the heat. Do
NOT use coffee or vegetable cans as most contain lead
and are painted or sealed with materials that may give
off toxic gases when heated.

Taken from "Better Homes and Gardens New Crockery Cooker"

This recipe doesn't say you can seal them up and
store them in your pantry but my Kerr Canning book
recipe says you can; here's how:

Remove jars from the oven one at a time, wipe rim of
jar clean; put on lid and ring and screw on tightly.
Jars will seal as the cake cools. Store like canned
goods.

If you'll be giving these as gifts, take a piece of
decorative cloth (about 1-inch larger in circumference
than the lid) and put it on top of the lid, then screw
on the ring. Make sure you screw the lid on very
tightly. I like to use pinking shears to cut the cloth
out with. I've posted a recipe for baking the jars in
the oven, it's posted on the Sweet Bread topic.

Posted by.MAGEE [Linda] Linda/BDT Burbank, CA
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