Cocoa Brownies

Name: Cocoa Brownies
Ingredients: 1 cup Sugar; 1/2 cups Vegetable Shortening (e.g. Crisco); 2 whole Eggs; 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract; 2/3 cups All-purpose Flour; 1/2 cups Cocoa Powder; 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder; 1/2 teaspoons Salt; 1/2 cups Chopped Nuts (optional)

9 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

1 cup Sugar
1/2 cups Vegetable Shortening (e.g. Crisco)
2 whole Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2/3 cups All-purpose Flour
1/2 cups Cocoa Powder
1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoons Salt
1/2 cups Chopped Nuts (optional)

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°. Cream together sugar, shortening, eggs and vanilla. Stir in the remaining ingredients until well combined. Spread into a well-greased glass baking dish (9x7x2). Batter will be really thick. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into squares and serving.
2

*Variation: Spread half the batter in the pan then top with pieces of your favorite chocolate/caramel/peanut butter/toffee candy and cover with the remaining batter. Of course, you'll need to cook it a wee bit longer and the resulting brownie will be so gooey it's best served in a bowl. But it's ding dang delicious!