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- Okay, y'all, for this next recipe
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that I'm gonna share with you is
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one that my Aunt Glennis, shared with me.
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She was married to my uncle Bernie,
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my daddy's oldest brother.
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And every Thanksgiving
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until I went into the restaurant business,
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every Thanksgiving we spent over there in Statesboro
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the whole Hiers clan, and that went on for 25 years.
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And we have got so many good memories
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of our times over there.
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And Aunt Glennis always had what she called chewies.
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And as soon as you walked in the door,
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the first place you'd go is to the sideboard
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where all her desserts were and grab you a chewy.
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(laughs) So that's what I'm gonna share with y'all today.
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I made some the other day.
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"Wish I had one of Aunt Glennis's chewies."
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I said, "Well, son, I got the recipe.
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"I'll make them for ya."
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And so I made them, (laughs)
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and after he ate one, he said,
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"Mama, I so appreciate you doing that.
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"They weren't as good as Aunt Glennis's."
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I said, "Well, you know memories are always better
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"than actuality." (laughs)
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So now the first thing we're gonna do
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is we are gonna beat our eggs
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and our butter together.
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And that's one stick of butter
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But I agreed with Jamie.
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I thought Aunt Glennis's was better than mine also.
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And we just gonna beat that up
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until it's incorporated real good.
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And then we're gonna add our two cups of self-rising flour.
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Now that's self-rising,
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so don't get confused.
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The flour that I'm putting in here,
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it already contains baking powder and salt.
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If you're using plain flour,
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you would have to add either some baking soda
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or baking powder, but we don't have to with this one.
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Now our sweetener is gonna come from our brown sugar,
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We're gonna use the whole box of light brown sugar.
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And I wouldn't hesitate, if you have dark brown,
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I wouldn't hesitate to use that.
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In fact, you don't have any kind of sugars at all,
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dark sugars, you can make your own
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light brown or dark brown sugar just adding some molasses
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to some regular white sugar.
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So you got your brown sugar
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just in case you don't have any in your pantry.
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All right, now we're slowly gonna add our flour.
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And remember, that's two cups of self-rising flour.
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Okay, so I'm gonna add a tablespoon of vanilla,.
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And now, you know I love nuts.
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I love nuts in anything that I eat that's sweet.
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So the recipe calls for like, what is it,
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two cups and nuts, Teresa.
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- [Teresa] Yes, ma'am.
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- So I'm definitely gonna put the two cups nuts.
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Whoa, that's a nutty stuff.
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All right, now, Aunt Glennis, she used a small package
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of semi-sweet chocolates, and I'm sure it was maybe
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just a six ounce bag that she put in there.
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And this is 10 ounce.
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I don't even know if they make that small bag anymore.
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So I'm just gonna use
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Even when I make my chunk chocolate chip
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(indistinct) cookies,
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I don't use a whole bunch of chocolate chips in them,
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because my favorite part in those cookies is the nuts.
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And I'm using the little miniature chocolate chips.
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So, it's strictly a preference.
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Like I said, that's not my favorite ingredient
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So I'm just using less.
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And it also calls for 3/4 of a cup of grated coconut,
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Well, I normally don't do it, because I think it's Kari
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out of the children in the family that doesn't like coconut.
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But today I'm gonna put some coconut in it
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It's gonna kind of taste like
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a candy bar with almonds in it,
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I mean, with coconut in it.
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Y'all know what I'm talking now.
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Okay, so we're gonna bake this off in a 13 by 9 by 2.
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And we have got our oven preheated at 375 degrees.
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And we're going to bake it for about, let's see.
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I can't remember exactly how long, 25 to 30 minutes.
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That was some runaway coconut.
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All right, so I'm gonna scoop it up this way,
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because that bowl is so heavy to pick up.
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Aunt Jessie and Uncle Bernie,
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they've been gone now for a good while,
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but I thank them so much
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for all the wonderful memories.
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Uncle Bernie had a pond.
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I know one year there were so many of us coming,
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oh, darn, I can't remember what you call them now,
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like those travel trailers.
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- An RV? - Yeah, something like that.
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He had to rent a couple of them to hold us all.
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Oh, and did we ever have fun.
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My cousin, Don, Don Hiers,
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it was a crazy time in Don's life.
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So he was actually able to come just
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maybe two or three times over those 25 years.
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And I wish he had been there,
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'cause he's got such a good memory.
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And he could remind me (laughs)
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of how much fun I had. (laughs)
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go outside and play games.
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And Uncle Bernie would cook a whole hog.
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a hole in the ground.
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He'd cook a whole pig.
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And he arranged for us to have horses.
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So he got them to bring horses.
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So there was just, ugh, so much to do.
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But the most that we ever did there was play poker. (laughs)
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And the family looked so forward
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to those little friendly games of poker.
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And I think we played for a nickel, dime, and a quarter.
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And it's amazing how quickly that can add up. (laughs)
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All right, in the oven, 25 to 30 minutes on 375.
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Perfect, they're ready. (laughs)
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I'm gonna take some of these to Jamie
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and see what he says about this round,
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because the ones that I took him,
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I didn't put coconut in them.
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Like I said, so many folks are just funny about coconut,
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but it's really, really good in there
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if you like chocolate and coconut
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kind of chewy gooey thing.
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is the end and the corner pieces
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Brings back so many memories.
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If you hadn't made these,
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and this recipe has been around so long,
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and I'm sure at this point, everybody's made them before,
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but in case you haven't...
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I hear Mikey coming home.
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One more thing to tempt him with on his keto diet. (laughs)
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So if you've never made them, make sure you do try it,
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because they're delicious. (laughs)
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He just stuck his tongue out at me
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coming through that glass door.
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Would you like a chewy?
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- [Mike] Can I smell one?
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Yes, you can smell them.
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(laughs) Love and best dishes, y'all.
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Now only a devil would do that to somebody.
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Well, they say I was born full of devil anyway.
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So there you go. (laughs)
