Carmelastic Fantastic Brownie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

14 ounces caramels
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
1 cup vegetable shortening
1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
4 large eggs
2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup nuts, chopped

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350*.
Place caramels and condensed milk in heavy pan, cook over low heat, stirring often, till caramels are melted and blended well.
While caramels are cooking --
Place Crisco in heavy pan over low heat till melted -- set aside -- to cool.
Beat sugar,and eggs and then add cocoa powder, milk and cooled crisco, blend well and set aside.
Sift flour, salt and baking powder and add t chocolate mixture, beating well.Stir in chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of nuts.
Place 2/3rds of batter into a greased 13x9\" pan and bake for 12 minutes.
Remove brownie from oven and pour melted caramels over top, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of nuts.
Drop remaining third of brownie batter by teapsoons over and smooth useing dampened hands or a knife -- and marbelize brownies.
and smooth.
Return to oven and cover with aluminum foil for 1 hour.
refrigerate with foil for another hour or till cooled.
Cut into bars.