Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 34 teaspoon Calumet baking powder
• 94 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup Jewel Oil or melted shortening
• 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Vz cup of coarsely chopped nuts

Method

1. 1

   Sift together flour, baking powder, salt.

2. 2

   Beat eggs well, add sugar gradually.

3. 3

   Mix in Jewel Oil or melted shortening, chocolate, vanilla.

4. 4

   Add flour all at once.

5. 5

   Mix well.

6. 6

   Stir in nuts.

7. 7

   Turn batter into 7x11 inch pan greased well with Jewel Oil.

8. 8

   Bake in moderate oven (350 F) about 20 minutes.

9. 9

   Cool for 5 minutes before turning out of pan.

10. 10

    Cut into squares.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book (1948) by Central Methodist Church (Spencer, N.C.). Gertrude Bobbitt Circle, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE BROWNIES 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted 34 teaspoon Calumet baking powder 94 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup Jewel Oil or melted shortening 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 1 teaspoon vanilla Vz cup of coarsely chopped nuts

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