BROWNIES

 BROWNIES

From Billie Reid  (Better Homes, Gardens)

2/3 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 well-beaten eggs
4 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1  1/2 cups flour
1/2 t. salt
1 t. baking powder
1 cup nuts, broken
2 t. vanilla extract

Cream shortening and sugar.  Add eggs and beat well.

Add chocolate and blend thoroughly.

Add sifted ingredients and beat until smooth.

Stir in nut meats and vanilla extract. 

Pour into waxed paper-lined  8" square pan.
Bake at 350 about 30-35 minutes. Watch - and when they pull away from the sides, they're done. Check doneness with toothpick.

Cut in bars.

Makes about 1 and 1/2 dozen brownies.

See below for half recipe.

Brownie ingredients for making a half recipe: 

1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 well-beaten eggs
2  squares unsweetened chocolate
3/4 cup cake flour
1/4 t. salt
1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 cup nut meats, broken
1 t. vanilla extract