SPQ: "CHOCOLATE STUFF"

Yield: 1 loaf-pan worth
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 stick butter, melted; 2 heaping tablespoons Hershey's Cocoa; 1 running-over teaspoon real vanilla; whole bunch of chopped pecans (opt.)

from "The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love" Can be doubled; pour into 3 loaf pans.

April 24, 2007

Recipe information

Yield
1 loaf-pan worth

Ingredients

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 stick butter, melted

2 heaping tablespoons Hershey's Cocoa

1 running-over teaspoon real vanilla

whole bunch of chopped pecans (opt.)

Preparation

Beat eggs with sugar; add flour, then salt. Stir cocoa into melted butter. Dump into other bowl of stuff and mix well. Add vanilla and nuts if desired. Stir well.
Pour into greased loaf pan; set in a pan of water. Put in 300º oven. Bake for 40-50 minutes. Tap at 40 minutes to see if top has hardened "crunchy."

TagsChocolate Dessert Baking

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