Five- Star Browmnies

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

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 13-in.x 9in.x 2in. baking pan with foil and grease the foil; pour batter into pan.Bake at 350 degrees 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.