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BROWNIES Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 Squares unsweetened Chocolate
⅓ Cup Shortening
2 Eggs
1 Cup Sugar
¾ Cup Sifted Flour
½ tsp. Baking Powder
½ tsp. Salt
½ Cup Pecans
1 tsp. Vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Melt chocolate and shortening together. Beat eggs and sugar till frothy.. Add melted chocolate and shortening; beat well. Sift together and stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Mix in chopped nuts and vanilla. Spread in well-greased 8" square pan. Bake in preheated 375º oven for 30-35 minutes or until a slight imprint will be left when top is touched lightly with finger. Cool slightly; cut into 2" squares. Yield 8 squares.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Cassie Culver is a fifth generation Matagordian. Daughter of Julie and Bubba and granddaughter of Virginia Carol and David Allen and LaVerne and Ray Culver Sr. She was also a 2007 Matagorda Fair Princess and 2012 Matagorda Fair Queen.

 

 

 

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