Five-Star Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 eggs
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c. butter or margarine, melted
1/4 c. shortening, melted
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 c. baking cocoa
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. chopped nuts (optional)

Preparation

In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla until well mixed. Add butter and shortening. Combine flour, cocoa and salt; stir into egg mixture and mix well. Add nuts, if desired. Line a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan with foil and grease the foil. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 minutes or until brownies test done with wooden pick. Cool in pan. Turn brownies out of pan onto a cookie sheet; remove foil. Place a wire rack over brownies; turn over and remove cookie sheet. Cut with a star cutter or into bars. Yield: about 3 dozen.