Love Father's Day...it always seems like the real kick off to summer here instead of Memorial Day. I guess because the weather is just now what I expect of summer days. So, with a green salad with romaine, tomatoes, red onion/green onion, cumcumber, avocado and italian dressing...this is our BBQ.
I also made a friend's turtle brownies!
Best Burgers for a crowd
3.5-4 lb of ground sirlion (90/10)
2 eggs
4 T A-1 Steak Sauce
1 tsp salt
1 T. pepper
Gently combine and make 4 oz patties, refrigerate until time to grill.
Bumpus German Potato Salad
3 lb of small Yukon gold potatoes
2-3 C of green beans trimmed and cut into 1" pieces
1/2 lb of bacon cooked and chopped (I cook in the microwave on a large plate with paper towels, the oven at 350 for 10-13 minutes is easy too)
3/4 C finely chopped yellow onion
1/3 C white vinegar
1/4 C sugar
2 T dijon mustard
Kosher salt & White Pepper to taste
3 scallions/green onions, finely chopped
Place potatoes whole into a pot of cold water so potatoes are covered by approx 1 inch of water, bring to a boil and boil about 20 minutes until fork tender, remove and rinse in cold water so still warm but can cut into 1/4" thick rounds. While potatoes are cooking steam the green beans or blanch them for 2-4 minutes.
Saute yellow onion until translucent, in a glass bowl stir together vinegar through mustard and add to onions, stir to combine, then add potatoes, green beans, bacon and stir, taste, add salt and white pepper to taste, add in finely chopped green onions and put into a serving dish, serve at room temperature.
Turtle Brownie Recipe
This is from a friend, Denise Leo.....here is link to her new website, it is in progress but should have a variety of FABULOUS and EASY recipes up in a few weeks, so a recipe follows below for the brownies that is one of my favorites but she her website is using box mixes to make easy but delightful brownies your family and friends will love — so check out this site for fabulous brownie ideas in a few weeks (she recommends Betty Crocker Low Fat Fudge Brownie Mix).
Amy's Best Brownie Recipe
10 T butter, plus more to grease the pan
6 oz bittersweet chocolate, broken into chunks
3 eggs
1 1/2 C sugar
1/2 tsp espresso powder or intant coffee
1 T vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 C all-purpose flour
1/2 C cocoa powder (I use Hershey's Special Dark)
1/2 tsp baking powder
Denise's Turtle Brownie Topping:
1 to 1.5 cups pecan halves, toasted in a 350 degree oven for 5 minutes, set aside.
1 tub Marzetti Caramel Apple Dip
1 bag Flipz (or any bite-sized chocolate-covered pretzel), about 1.5 to 2 cups
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a glass 9 X 13 baking dish. Melt butter and chocolate together in the microwave, stirring every minute (don't let mixture boil), set aside for about 5 minutes to cool slightly (if you add when it is too hot it will make brownies dry).
In a large bowl of a stand mixer, combine eggs, sugar vanilla, espresso powder/instant coffee and salt. Beat for 3-4 minutes, mixture will be a pale yellow. Add in chocolate and butter mixture, blend. Then add in flour, cocoa, and baking powder, mix until just combined (don't over mix flour or brownies will be tough). Spread batter into dish and bake for 20-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center emerges with only a few crumbs. Cool brownies on a wire rack until completely cool.
When completely cool, top with carmel and then decorate with pecans and flipz pretezels.
Wishing everyone a Wonderful Father's Day Celebration!
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