Email to Bones      

Recipe Categories: billk54's HOME PAGEAPPETIZERS Appetizers_2 BBQ BEVERAGES Beverages_2 Biscuits BREAD Bread_2 Bread_3 BREAKFAST Breakfast_2 Breakfast_Fruit CAKESandPIES Cakes_Pies_4 Cakes_Pies_6 Cakes__Pies_2 Cakes__Pies_3 Cake_Pies_5 CANDY CASSEROLES Casseroles_2 Chicken Chicken_2 Chicken_Wings Chinese Christmas Christmas_2 COOKIES Cookies_2 Cookies_3 CookingTerms Cooking_Tips Cookout CROCKPOT Crockpot_2 DESSERTS Desserts_2 Desserts_3 DIABETIC Dips Doughnuts EasterBread EGGS ETHNIC FISHandSEAFOOD FoodSubstitutes FROSTINGS Gelato Gifts_in_a_Jar Italian Italian_2 JAMSandJELLIES LOWFAT Magic_Bullet_Recipes MARINADES Measurements MEATS Meats_2 Misc Pampered_Chef_Recipes PASTA PASTASALAD PASTRIES Pastry_Crusts Pickles PIZZA Potatoes POULTRY RICE SALADandDRESSING Salads_Dressings_2 SANDWICHES SAUCES Seasining SNACKS SOUPSandSTEWS Spreads Stuffing Trifle VEGETABLES

Ron Viola's Mom's Old Fashioned Brownies




Source of Recipe


Buddy Cookjbook


List of Ingredients




4 ounces of good bitter chocolate (typically 4 squares), melted
4 eggs, well beaten
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup shortening (prefers Crisco)
2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
pinch of salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, chopped by hand (optional)
1 clean flat paper bag and some paper towels


Recipe



Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. In a small glass bowl, gently melt the chocolate in the microwave (take care not to over-cook). Set aside. Beat the eggs in a mixing bowl. Beat in the sugar, then the shortening. Add the vanilla extract and mix well. Beat in the flour, salt, and baking powder and then mix in the melted chocolate. Fold in the nuts (if desired). The batter will be thick.

Scrape batter into greased pan and smooth the surface with a spatula. Bake for 25 minutes, then test to see if it is still too soft by touching the surface. It should not stick to finger. It may need 5 more minutes. The toothpick test does not work as the center will still be wet when done. You want it moist.

When ready, remove from the oven and immediately cut into squares. With a spatula, take out the squares and place them on the clean flat paper bag, separating the squares from each other. They will be hot and sticky to handle, but this is her secret to success - she said that you must ignore the rest of the world until you have removed the brownies from the pan (don't answer the door or the phone!). The brownies will set wrong if left in the pan. Cover them with one layer of paper towels and let them cool enough so that they will no longer stick together. It is best to store them in a tin with wax paper between layers.