Brownies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup butter (part lard if desired)
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 chocolate squares or 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening and sugar well.
• 2 if chocolate squares are used, melt and add to creamed mixture. if cocoa is used, sift together with the flour and the salt.
• 3 to creamed mixture, add beaten eggs, vanilla, flour, salt and nuts with some of the flour shaken over them.
• 4 bake in a greased and floured 9 x 13" pan in a 350°f oven until it shrinks from the edges of the pan (about 25 to 30 minutes).
• 5 let cool and cut into squares.