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Chew Cake (Favorite of Paul “Bear” Bryant) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ lb brown sugar
1 cup nuts, broken
½ stick butter, melted

Topping
¾ cup sugar
½ cup milk
½ stick butter
½ teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch pan. Mix eggs with flour, baking powder, brown sugar, and melted butter. Add nuts and spread a thin layer in the pan. Bake for 50 minutes. Cool in pan and spread with topping.
Topping:
Mix sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla. Cook in a heavy saucepan until it forms a softball (234 degrees F). Cool, beat until thick, and spread on the cake in a pan.

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Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Yields 8 to 12 servings
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Relation of Braxton Comer Hanks to Paul William "Bear" Bryant: Direct ancestor (9 generations)'s half sister's direct descendant (10 generations)
1. Mahaley Jackson "Jackie" Hanks is the mother of Braxton Comer Hanks
2. James Jackson Mintor is the father of Mahaley Jackson "Jackie" Hanks
3. Abner Hill Minter is the father of James Jackson Mintor
4. Mary Frances Minter is the mother of Abner Hill Minter
5. Abner Hill is the father of Mary Frances Minter
6. Tabitha Browne Green is the mother of Abner Hill
7. Thomas Abner Green is the father of Tabitha Browne Green
8. Thomas Seagull Green is the father of Thomas Abner Green
9. Sir Thomas Henry Green is the father of Thomas Seagull Green
10. Sir Robert Green, Knight is the father of Sir Thomas Henry Green
11. Joanna Boridge is a daughter of Sir Robert Green, Knight
12. Mary Cogan is a daughter of Joanna Boridge
13. James Glass, Jr. is a son of Mary Cogan
14. Mary Hunt is a daughter of James Glass, Jr.
15. John Hunt is a son of Mary Hunt
16. Japheth Hunt is a son of John Hunt
17. Nancy Smith is a daughter of Japheth Hunt
18. Washington Baker Smith is a son of Nancy Smith
19. Millie Rebecca Bryant is a daughter of Washington Baker Smith
20. Wilson Monroe Bryant is a son of Millie Rebecca Bryant
21. Paul William "Bear" Bryant is a son of Wilson Monroe Bryant

 

 

 

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