Ms. Wicked
11-04-2007, 09:20 PM
When there is a party or function and I ask what I can bring, my brownies are frequently requested.
I've been making this recipe since I was a kid; it comes from my grandmother's Encyclopedia of Cooking cookbooks that date from the 1950's. I used to help her make them when I was a girl and am lucky enough to have inherited the cookbooks.
These are made the old fashioned way!
Chocolate Brownies
1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4 squares unsweetened chocolate
2/3 cup shortening
2 cups of sugar
4 eggs, well beaten
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt twice.
- Melt chocolate and shortening in top of double boiler over boiling water.
- Gradually add sugar to beaten eggs, beating well between additions. Add melted chocolate and blend well. Gradually stir in flour, mixing thoroughly. Add vanilla and (optional) nuts.
- Alternatively, if you prefer, you can sprinkle holiday M&M's on the top when half way through baking.
- Bake in greased and floured 9 x 12 baking pan in moderate oven 350 F, about 25 minutes, or until brown and slightly shrunk from side of pan. (This is a thick mixture and needs to be spread into corners evenly.)
** All ovens are different. In the various ovens I've used over the years, it's taken from 20 - 35 minutes!! Keep a sharp eye and use a tester. The moment it comes out clean, remove from oven to avoid ends getting hard! These are gooey brownies!
- Remove from oven. Cut into squares in the pan while warm.
I've been making this recipe since I was a kid; it comes from my grandmother's Encyclopedia of Cooking cookbooks that date from the 1950's. I used to help her make them when I was a girl and am lucky enough to have inherited the cookbooks.
These are made the old fashioned way!
Chocolate Brownies
1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4 squares unsweetened chocolate
2/3 cup shortening
2 cups of sugar
4 eggs, well beaten
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt twice.
- Melt chocolate and shortening in top of double boiler over boiling water.
- Gradually add sugar to beaten eggs, beating well between additions. Add melted chocolate and blend well. Gradually stir in flour, mixing thoroughly. Add vanilla and (optional) nuts.
- Alternatively, if you prefer, you can sprinkle holiday M&M's on the top when half way through baking.
- Bake in greased and floured 9 x 12 baking pan in moderate oven 350 F, about 25 minutes, or until brown and slightly shrunk from side of pan. (This is a thick mixture and needs to be spread into corners evenly.)
** All ovens are different. In the various ovens I've used over the years, it's taken from 20 - 35 minutes!! Keep a sharp eye and use a tester. The moment it comes out clean, remove from oven to avoid ends getting hard! These are gooey brownies!
- Remove from oven. Cut into squares in the pan while warm.