Meals Resume Nov 7th

We are taking off Halloween night from church activities so you can enjoy Trick or Treating with your family.

See you next Wednesday night for roast beef dinner!

A few photos of our pasta meal on October 17th:

Need a big batch brownie recipe?  We made this one 3 times, for 480 brownies.  Only 1 pan leftover after serving 400 people.

Hershey Syrup Brownies

160 brownies

Makes 4 cake pans 20x12x2, cut 5×8 for 40 servings per pan

2 pounds softened butter

8 cups sugar

32 eggs

1 #10 can (8 pounds)  Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup

8 cups flour

3 tablespoons vanilla

Cream butter and sugar together in mixer until well blended.  Beat in eggs, the the chocolate syrup and vanilla. Add flour and combine just until well mixed.  Divide batter into 4 greased cake pans.  Bake at 325* convection for 30 minutes.  Top cake with warm frosting.

Frosting for 4 pans:

1 ¼  cup sugar

¾  pound butter

1 ½ cups milk

4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Boil the sugar, milk and butter.  Remove from heat.  Add the chocolate chips, stir until melted.  Spread frosting on brownies.

Countdown to Christmas Menu

It’s the last Wednesday meal of 2016 at Calvary Lutheran Church, and it’s going to be a good one.  The best part is what comes after dinner.  In the worship service at 6:30, we’ll be treated to singing by all of our Wednesday school children up through 5th grade.  A wonderful live nativity will bring Christmas to life and remind us why we celebrate the season.  Please join us for dinner between 4:45 and 6:15 and stay for worship.

Baked Ham

Broccoli Rice Casserole

Honey Glazed Carrots

Salad Bar

Homemade Brownies and M&M Cookie Bars

Here’s the recipe for the brownies we made today. The smell of warm chocolate was just heavenly while they were baking.

Calvary Lutheran Brownies

Make 3x for 576 brownies (12 half sheet pans).  Each batch makes 4 half size sheet pans.  Cut brownies 8×6

3# unsweetened chocolate    (Total: 9#)

4 ½# butter     (Total: 13 ½ #)

34 eggs     (Total: 8 ½ dozen)

9# sugar    (Total: 27#)

2 oz vanilla    (Total: 6 oz)

3#  flour, sifted    (Total:  9#)

Using 3 separate saucepans, melt 3# chocolate and 4 ½# butter in each, melting carefully over a pan of simmering water.  Do not exceed 110*.  Remove from heat and cool to room temp.

In 3 large bowls, combine 34 eggs, 9# sugar and 2 oz vanilla in each.   Using mixer, whip each batch separately until thick and light in color.

Blend 1/3 of the egg mixture into the chocolate/butter to temper it, then fold in the remaining egg mixture.

Weigh 3# flour into each of 3 large bowls. Gently fold the flour into each batch.

Bake at 325* convection for 25-30 minutes or until firm to touch.

Wednesday night programming resumes on January 11, 2017.