Five-Star Brownies
Makes about 3 dozen • From the kitchen of Shelby Rusche
Ingredients
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/4 cup shortening, melted
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line a 13x9 pan with foil and grease the foil.
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.
Pour batter into pan.
Bake 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.
