Perfect Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients

• ³⁄₄cup cocoa powder
• ³⁄₄cup shortening
• 2 ¹⁄₄cups sugar
• 4large eggs
• 1teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ¹⁄₄cups flour
• 1teaspoon baking powder
• 1teaspoon salt
• 1cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 9×13″ pan.
3. Melt shortening in a large saucepan over low heat, then stir in cocoa.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Mix in sugar and vanilla then mix in eggs one at a time.
6. Stir in remaining ingredients then stir in nuts.
7. Bake for 30 minutes.
8. Cool completely, before cutting into 2×2″ squares.
9. I have read all the great reviews and learned from them, thank you all. Now I line my pan with buttered alumunin foil or parchment paper. This works very well.