Perfect Chocolate Brownies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 9x13" pan.
• 3 melt shortening in a large saucepan over low heat, then stir in cocoa.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 mix in sugar and vanilla then mix in eggs one at a time.
• 6 stir in remaining ingredients then stir in nuts.
• 7 bake for 30 minutes.
• 8 cool completely, before cutting into 2x2" squares.
• 9 i have read all the great reviews and learned from them, thank you all. now i line my pan with buttered alumunin foil or parchment paper. this works very well.