You will need:

a bag of frozen tater tots or tater bites
Seasoned salt
Butter

Melt butter in a frying pan
Place tater tots in frying pan and when they start to unfreeze break them up into small pieces. (this is when you would add your onions, garlic, etc if you choose to)
Add seasoned salt to taste.
Fry the resulting potato pieces until browned on both sides.

I found I didn’t need any additional salt or other seasonings. It was delicious as is.

That’s how I used to make them. I have an older gas stove where the broiler is on the bottom and I don’t use it because I would have to sit on the floor to make the steaks. It’s just not worth the pain and aggravation so I use my little George Forman grill to make them and they turn out just as good!

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1 cup whole milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. coconut extract
1 tbsp. sugar
Coconut Frosting (see recipe below)
1 (14 oz) pkg. flaked coconut

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 (9 inch) round cake pans.
2. Beat butter on medium with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add the 2 cups of sugar, beating well. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
3. Combine flour, baking powder and salt then add to the butter mixture alternating with the milk and mix at low speed until blended. Stir in the vanilla and coconut extracts. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans.
4. Bake for 25 to 28 minutes or until a toothpick, inserted into the center, comes our clean. Cool in the pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely on the wire racks.
5. Combine 1/2 cup water and 1 tbsp. sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Spoon the sugar mixture over the cake layers.
6. Make the Coconut frosting. Spread the tops of 2 layers with 1 cup frosting then sprinkle each with 1/2 cup of coconut. Stack the layers then top with the 3rd layer. Spread the remaining frosting on the top and sides of the cake and sprinkle with the remaining coconut. Store covered in the refrigerator.

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Coconut Frosting

2 cups chilled heavy cream
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. coconut extract

1. Combine the cream, sugar, vanilla and coconut extracts in a medium bowl. Beat on medium speed with an electric mixer until soft peaks form.

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Makes 16 Servings
Per Serving: 536 calories, 59g carbohydrates, 5g protein, 32g fat, 2g fiber, 112mg cholesterol, 234mg sodium.

3/4 cup of butter or margarine
4 (1 ounce) squares of unsweetened chocolate
2 cups of sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups of unsifted flour
1/2 tsp of salt
1 1/2 tsps of vanilla
1 3/4 cups coarsely chopped pecans

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

Melt the butter and chocolate in a large, heavy saucepan over the lowest heat.

Remove from heat and mix in the remaining ingredients in the order listed, beating well after each addition.

Pour the batter into a greased 9x9x2 inch pan and bake for 40 minutes until brownies just begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.

Cool the pan of brownies upright on a wire rack until they are room temperature then cut in 16 squares.

They are about 350 calories per brownie.

*These are nothing like Alice’s Restaurant brownies.. you won’t need to go to drug rehab after eating them!