Cast Iron Skillet Brownie

This recipe intrigued me greatly, unfortunately I screwed up and did not let the pan cool enough before pouring the batter back into it to be backed, so it made the brownie dry.  Next time I'll remember :)

But here is the final result!  It was delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour 
• 1/2 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 8 ounces chocolate chips or coarsely chopped chocolate

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar and eggs. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, and salt.
2. In a medium cast iron skillet, bring butter and cream to a simmer over medium heat. Add chocolate; reduce to medium-low. Cook, stirring constantly, until chocolate has melted, about 1 minute. Remove from heat, and let cool 5 minutes.
3. Add chocolate mixture to sugar mixture, whisking until blended (reserve skillet). Fold in flour mixture. Pour batter into [cooled] skillet.
4. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. (for a gooeyer brownie bake for about 35 minutes)
    Serve from skillet, warm or at room temperature.
   
   
   Recipe from http://www.simplyfoodlove.com/2011/04/cast-iron-skillet-brownies.html.  I do not credit myself to this recipe, just sharing.

Fleece Tie Blanket

I love blankets, and i have always heard about people making "Fleece Tie Blankets" so I went on Pinterest and found a fairly easy How To site to get it.

Here is the end result of mine :)

And some "In the Process" pictures

Here are the directions:

• 2 yards of 60" wide solid color fleece fabric for front of throw: we used turquoise fleece
• 2 yards of 60" patterned fleece fabric for back of throw: we used black and white zebra print fleece
• Small see-through ruler
• Long ruler - a yardstick will work, but a long metal ruler works better
• Fabric pencil
• Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
• Straight pins

Assemble the layers

1. Place the turquoise fleece square and the zebra fleece square wrong sides together.
   NOTE: It can be difficult to tell the right side of fleece from the wrong side. One thing to remember is the selvage edge of fleece will curl when stretched; the side it curls to is the right side of the fabric.
2. Make sure all the edges are even. Don't pull or stretch the fleece; it's better to just smooth the two layers into place. You can distort fleece if you yank on it.
3. Using your fabric pencil, measure and mark a 5" x 5" square at each corner.
   
4. Cut the 5" x 5" square out of each corner.
   
5. Lightly mark or place a straight edge (long ruler) along one side of the throw from cut-out to cut-out, 5" up from the edge.
6. Cut through both layers together neatly at 1" intervals up to the line to create fringe.
   
   
7. Tie together each pair of fringe cuts with an overhand loop type of knot. Your fringed border will look SO much neater and hang better with this kind of knot rather than tying the two pieces together like a shoelace.
8. To make the knot: hold both pieces of the fringe pair together. Curl them up, creating a small circle at the base of the curl. Feed the ends back through the circle, from back to front. Twist the fleece pair just slightly as you pull the ends through to make sure the correct color stays on top. Slide the knot up to tighten
   
9. Repeat steps 5 - 8 on the three remaining sides.
    

I got the directions from https://sew4home.com/projects/fabric-art-accents/pretty-prints-please-zebra-butterfly-fleece-throw  and by no means credit myself to creating the tutorial.  Just passing along directions to a wonderful craft.