86 is one of many codes once used by soda fountain employees to communicate quickly among themselves. Code 33 meant a cherry-flavored Coke, Code 19 meant a banana split, and Code 86 meant they were out of a particular item. As a result, if a cook "86'd" an order, it meant he was canceling it.
2 & 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 & 1/4 cups flaked coconut, sprinkled with 1 tsp. almond extract and tossed to blend
3/4 cup coarsely chopped whole almonds
1 & 1/4 cups flour mixed with 1 tsp. baking powder and 1 tsp. salt
Layer ingredients in order given in a 1-qt. wide mouth jar. Press each layer firmly in place before adding next ingredient.
NOTE: A wide mouth jar must be used because it is a very tight fit
to get all ingredients into jar.
Attach recipe to the jar:
Almond Joy Brownies.
Empty jar of brownie mix into a large mixing bowl. Use your hands to thoroughly blend mix.
2. Add: 3/4 cup (1 & 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, not diet, melted, 4 eggs, slightly beaten.
3. Mix until completely blended.
4. Spread batter in a sprayed 9x13-inch baking pan.
5. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Cut into 2- inch squares.
Makes 2 dozen brownies.
“The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm the happiness of mankind, the welfare of generations yet unborn.”
Norman Douglas (1868-1952)
