Butterscotch Brownies

Today is just a lazy day. There is no other way to put it. Last night's weather forecast was for 1 to 2 inches of snow. We did not see any. That is very disappointing for children living in Mississippi. It is so rare that we have snow. The whole state basically shuts down at the mention of the 's' word. When we woke up this morning, I ran to the windows...no snow. So we have just sat around all day in a funk. I did finish a book, Coffee Rings by Yvonne Lehman. My family wanted something sweet to eat. I dug out a recipe that I received from Cats Recipes. Cat is a real recipe freak. She has catalogued over 1 million recipes. Her philosophy is to try to save family recipes. She goes all over her area and purchases estate recipes. Check out her yahoo group-Catsrecipes.

Butterscotch Brownies

1/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup nuts
1/2 cup coconut

Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in brown sugar and cool.
Add well beaten egg and vanilla.
Fix and sift dry ingredients then stir into butter mixture.
Add chopped nuts and coconut.
Bake in small cake pan at 350 for 20-25 minutes.