Herself's Recipes

1/2 cup butter
1/c cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
1 6oz package chocolate chips
3/4 cup peanuts chopped
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 brown sugar

add egg yolks and vanilla and mix well
mix dry ingredients and stir into butter mixture
press into a 9×13 pan

sprinkle chocolate chips over top
sprinkle 1/2 cup peanuts

beat 2 egg whites until firm
add 1 cup brown sugar, beat until stiff

spread over top

sprinkle with rest of peanuts

bake at 325 35 – 40 minutes

1 cup sugar
Juice and rind of 1 lemon
1 egg

Mix above ingredients

1 cup raisins, run through grinder (food processor) first
2 crackers

Have a sheet of pie pastry cut into 3″ rounds
Put a spoonful of mix in each round, seal and place on greased cookie sheet

Bake at 350 till done

Brambles refers to raspberries an blackberries and this recipe was likely made with those fruits originally. Her mother likely brought a version of this recipe over from Ireland and it was adapted over time.