Fancy Brownies

I went to a church activity (potluck)  and found myself eating these brownies, so yummy, and had to find who made them, it was Jana K!  she shared her recipe with me and I will share with you!

Fancy Brownies:

1 cup butter 
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa
4 eggs
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup nuts (optional)
Melt butter, cocoa and sugar together.  Cool and add remaining ingredients.  Pour into lightly greased 9 x 13 pan.  Bake at 350 for 25 min.  Remove and cover with a layer of mini marshmallows.  Put back in the oven until marshmallows are puffy but not brown

watch carefully!
cool brownies and then frost with :

1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup cocoa
1/3 cup milk
pinch salt
1 lb powdered sugar
Mix all ingredients together and frost brownies

For Mint Brownies:
Make as above, but do not put the marshmallows on top.  Add mint flavoring to the frosting (1 to 2 tsp or to taste).
Sometimes i do a green layer of frosting under the chocolate layer.

These are yummy!

Very Berry Cheesecake Salad

I found this salad at this blog and made it and it was wonderful, you can substitute other fruits as well, like mandarin oranges and bananas.  you can go here for the original site

Fresh Berries combine with a creamy cheesecake fluff.  This is so amazing and will be the hit of any gathering!  from Alyssa at the recipe critic web site:

Ingredients
*  1   8-oz cream cheese, softened
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 8 oz cool whip, thawed
* 6 cups berries (she used 3 cups strawberries, sliced, 1 cup blackberries, 1 cup blueberries, 1 cup raspberries)


Instructions:
In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugar until smooth and creamy.  Fold in the thawed cool whip.
Add the 6 cups berries.  
Fold carefully into the cream cheese mixture. 
serve immediately
serves 6-8, can double the recipe!