Texas Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. Crisco
1 c. strong coffee
1/2 c. buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Combine butter, shortening and coffee in saucepan (1 cup water plus 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa may be substituted for coffee). Bring to a boil.
Mix flour and sugar in a large bowl.
Pour boiling mixture over. Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda and vanilla.
Mix well and spread on well buttered cookie sheet. Bake at 400\u00b0 for 20 minutes.