I promise this is the best brownie recipe EVER. It may look like a long recipe, but if you bake often it'll take you no time at all.

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
2/3 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease baking pan, 13x9x2 inches. Melt chocolate and shortening in large saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat. Mix in sugar, eggs and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients. Spread in pan.

Bake 30 minutes or until brownies start to pull away from sides of pan. Do not overbake. Cool slightly. Cut into bars, about 2x1 1/2 inches. If desired, spread with Glossy Chocolate Frosting before cutting.

Glossy Chocolate Frosting

3 tablespoons shortening
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Melt shortening and chocolate in saucepan over low heat. Stir in remaining ingredients; beat until smooth. Place pan of frosting in bowl of ice and water; continue beating until of spreading consistency. If desired, stir in 1/2 cup of finely chopped nuts.
Source(s):
The Betty Crocker Cook Book


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