What's better with after-dinner coffee than a coffee brownie?

Ingredients:

10 tablespoons butter (no substitutes), softened

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

3 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup Kahlúa plus 3 tablespoons for brushing

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl beat the butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add the eggs one at a time and blend well. Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler. Cool and add to the butter mixture.
Add the salt, baking powder, and flour and blend well. Slowly add the Kahlúa.
Spoon into a greased 9-inch square pan and bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and brush with additional Kahlúa.
Makes 16 to 18 servings
Darlene Minor, Queen Mother
Sassy Bowlers,
New Braunfels, Texas

Crawfish Jambalaya in a Rice Cooker

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter

1 small bell pepper, chopped

1 small onion, chopped

1 celery stalk, chopped

1 garlic clove, chopped

Salt and pepper to taste

1 (16-oz) can whole tomatoes, not drained

1 pound crawfish, peeled

3/4 to 1 cup uncooked rice

1 cup water

1/2 cup green onion tops, chopped

1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley

Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Sauté the bell pepper, onion, celery, garlic, and salt and pepper.
Add the tomatoes with juice; simmer well. Add the crawfish, reduce the heat to low, and cook for 20 minutes.
Add the rice, water, oniontops, and parsley; mix well and spoon or pour into the rice cooker.
Cook as you would for rice. Makes 5 servings.
By: Joann McLemore, The Red Brims with Purple Trims (Lafayette, Louisiana, United States)

Pumpkin Dessert

1 cup chopped nuts

2/3 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cubes melted butter or margarine

- Mix above ingredients together & set aside

1 30 oz. can pumpkin

2 or 3 eggs

2/3 cp. milk

2/3 cp. wh. sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. nutmeg

1 tsp. allspice

pinch salt

- Mix above ingredients together & put in a 9 X 12 pan Sprinkle 1 pkg. white or yellow dry cake mix over the top of pumpkin mixture
Then sprinkle nut mixture over the top Bake 350 deg. for 55 minutes

Pajama Party Breakfast Bake

Good served with sliced spiced apples.

Ingredients:

7 slices bread/li>

8 ounces grated cheese (low-fat works as well)

5 tablespoons butter, melted

3 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup ham cubes or bacon bits (optional)

2 cups milk

In a greased 13 x 9-inch baking dish layer the bread and cheese. Combine the butter, eggs, and ham. Pour over the bread and cheese mixtures.
Pour the milk over all, cover, and refrigerate for at least 6 hours. When ready, bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour.
Makes 12-15 servings
Connie Cummings, Queen Connie
Red Hatter Chatters,
Silver Springs, Florida

Ravioli Lasagna
The Red Hat Society Cookbook Copyright 2006

1 pound ground beef, divided

1 (28-ounce jar) spaghetti sauce, divided I used a 26.5 ounce jar

1 (25-ounce) bag sausage or cheese ravioli, thawed and divided I used 2 13-ounce bags of mini cheese ravioli, frozen

1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese I used a little bit more and I used 2% mozzarella

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown ground beef over medium heat. In a 2 1/2 quart greased dish, layer 1/3 the spaghetti sauce,
1/2 the ravioli, 1/2 the ground beef and 1/2 cup cheese. Repeat, topping with the rest of the spaghetti sauce and remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.
Cover and bake for 40-45 minutes.
Serves 6-8.

Friendship Recipe by Queen Rose of Texas

Purple Passion
Laughter
Hattitude
Zaniness
Caring
Sharing
Kazoos
Feathers
Red & Pink Hatted Sisters
Take a generous helping of Red Hat Spirit, and add in two measures of Purple Passion.
Mix with a heaping portion of Laughter, and stir together with spoon of Hattitude.
Add a zesty dish of Zaniness, sprinkle on Caring and Sharing.
Place it all in the gloved hands of Red and Pink Hatted Sisters. Bake in an unbreakable dish of Friendship, in a Warm and Inviting Red Hat Gathering.
Garnish with Kazoos and Feathers. Enjoy!
Yield: Unlimited Servings
Preparation time: Fun Time
Blend time: Giggle Time
Total time: Time of Our Lives