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Lacey’s Pantry – S’mores Brownies

Published

6 years ago

August 18, 2018

NTFR

By Lacey Newlin

Serves: 8
Time: 1 Hour

Ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust
• 1 cup pulverized graham crackers (about 6
graham crackers, blended or food processed)
• 1/3 cup butter (melted)
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
Brownies
• 12 Tbsp butter
• 1 cup brown sugar (lightly packed)
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Toppings
• 4 Hershey Bars
• 10-ounce bag of mini-marshmallows

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Grease an 8×8 baking pan
Graham Cracker Crust
Pulverize graham crackers and stir in melted butter. Stir in brown sugar. Press into bottom of baking sheet and set aside.
Brownies
In a heavy sauce pan melt butter and stir in white and brown sugars, stir over medium heat for about one to two minutes until sugar starts to dissolve. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Add eggs in one at a time and whisk them into the sugar butter mixture. Add flour and cocoa powder and stir together. Fold in chocolate chips.
Pour brownie mixture over the top of graham cracker crust. Bake for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and turn oven to broil. Immediately put chocolate bars over the top and top them with mini-marshmallows (or cut up large marshmallows). Broil for one to two minutes (keep an eye on them so they don’t burn), remove once brown. Let cool and enjoy.

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Does John Wayne Have the Answer to Our Discourse?

Published

2 days ago

April 28, 2024

NTFR

By Dal Houston

I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.

To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.

With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one

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While We Were Sleeping

Published

5 days ago

April 25, 2024

NTFR

By Martha Crump

That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.

To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.

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Lacey’s Pantry: Strawberry Sorbet

Published

1 week ago

April 23, 2024

NTFR

By Lacey Vilhauer

Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water

Directions:

Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.

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