Memorial Day weekend celebration...

Memorial day weekend is here!  I hope everyone celebrates this weekend as a time of remembrance of all the loved ones who are not here anymore, especially our solders who fought for our country and lost theirs lives doing so.

Abigail and I made homemade festive brownies for our cookout today.  I  got the pinwheel cupcake decorations at walmart for $2.00.  Aren't they adorable?

Can you see that she put her dress on backwards??

You can kind of see my kitchen cabinets in this picture.  I promise I will show the whole kitchen when its finally done!

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Homemade Brownies with frosting

Frosting

1 stick of butter w/ a pinch of salt - beat well.

1 heaping tablespoon Cocoa...

then add confectioner sugar {I usually use almost a whole bag}

and milk until it's the right consistency.

of course, you can make a wonderful white frosting too by just omitting the Coco~ :)

Brownie recipe~ (I double this)

2/3 cup flour

1/3 cup cocoa

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup brown sugar

mix dry ingredients - set aside.

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/3 cup vegetable oil

beat eggs - gradually stir in dry ingredients. mix well

pour into square greased pan

Bake @ 350 for 20 - 25 minutes