Five-star brownies
36 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | eaches | Eggs |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| ½ | cup | Butter or margarine -- |
| Melted | ||
| ¼ | cup | Shortening -- melted |
| 1½ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ¾ | cup | Cocoa powder |
| 1¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Nuts -- chopped optional |
Directions
In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla until well mixed. Add butter and shortening. Combine flour, cocoa and salt; stir into egg mixture and mix well. Add nuts if desired. Line a 13x9x2 inch baking pan with foil and grease the foil; pour batter into pan. Bake at 350 deg for 30 min. or until brownies test done with a wooden pick. Cool in pan. turn brownies out of pan onto a cookie sheet; remove foil.
Place a wire rack over brownies; turn over and remove cookie sheet.
Cut with a star cutter or into bars. Yield: about 3 doz.
Recipe By : Country Woman