RICH, FUDGY COCOA BROWNIES

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These are decadent!! They disappear quickly whenever I serve them. Want to make them even better? Top them with a good buttercream icing. WOW! (I use half of a batch of Recipe #261024.) Make sure you try the Extra Rich Variation too. If you want to make brownie bites, prepare the recipe without nuts and place 1 Tbls. of batter in 48 mini muffin tins. Bake for about 10 minutes. The centers will still be a bit soft but it preserves the fudginess of them. If you bake them longer, they will be a drier, more cake-like brownie bite.

Provided by Marg CaymanDesigns

Categories     Bar Cookie

Time 40m

Yield 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup real butter
1 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup nuts (optional)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Grease a 13x9 inch pan.
  • Melt shortening, butter over low heat or in the microwave.
  • Remove from heat and add cocoa, blending well with a wooden spoon.
  • Add sugar and mix well.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beat well, by hand, after each addition. (It is important to add the eggs individually and to mix them by hand. If you don't, the brownies do not turn out near as good.).
  • Stir in vanilla, flour, and salt.
  • DO NOT OVER BEAT!
  • Fold in nuts.
  • Bake 25-30 minutes.
  • Cool completely before cutting.
  • Extra Rich Variation: melt 4 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate with butter and shortening. Proceed as directed; reducing cocoa to 3/4 cups and increasing flour to 1 1/4 cup. These are sinfully good!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 181.4, Fat 9.3, SaturatedFat 3.8, Cholesterol 41.2, Sodium 94.3, Carbohydrate 22.7, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 16.7, Protein 2.3

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