Blonde Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sifted flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 c. shortening
1 c. brown sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 small pkg. chocolate bits

Preparation

Melt shortening.
Add sugar and mix.
Add egg and vanilla. Add dry ingredients in small amounts and mix.
Put in well-greased 9 x 9-inch pan.
Sprinkle chips over top.
Put in 350\u00b0 oven.
Take out after 3 minutes and run knife through chips to get marble effect, then return to oven and continue baking 25 minutes.