Name: Perfect Chocolate Brownies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 28 brownies, 28 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3/4 cup cocoa powder; 3/4 cup shortening; 2 1/4 cups sugar; 4 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 1/4 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup chopped pecans

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This is the best brownie recipe I've ever used and I've used several!

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ingredients

³⁄₄ cup cocoa powder
³⁄₄ cup shortening
2 ¹⁄₄ cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ¹⁄₄ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup chopped pecans

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9x13" pan.
Melt shortening in a large saucepan over low heat, then stir in cocoa.
Remove from heat.
Mix in sugar and vanilla then mix in eggs one at a time.
Stir in remaining ingredients then stir in nuts.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Cool completely, before cutting into 2x2" squares.
I have read all the great reviews and learned from them, thank you all. Now I line my pan with buttered alumunin foil or parchment paper. This works very well.

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review by BRNTerri

3/25/2021

Flavorwise these are great. I cannot stand the hard top layer or the way these sank in the middle. I made half using 2 T. less cocoa. These need more salt. I won't be making these again.
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review by Anonymous

3/31/2020

Great taste was so rich and great we could smell it from a mile away and i wanted the so bad, cook them for 25 min instead of 30 when you do it though

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review by Michael K.

3/22/2020

This recipe produces really rich brownies. I fell in love at first bite. Because I love my brownies extra fudgy, I'm going to bake for only 25 mins next time. I used 100g of shortening plus 75g of butter. Added a table spoon of cinnamon and used half a cup of peanuts, sprinkled half a cup of dark chocolate chips on top. That gave it an extra oomph. Was a little scared cos most brownie batters I've ever made were on the runny side. I had to spread this in the pan with an offset spatula.

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review by honorarose59

7/15/2019

first time i made home made brownies from scratch..totally yummy..i used vegetable oil instead of shortening, i added teaspoon of cinnamon, and replaced the nuts with a teaspoon of peanut butter. instead of greasing a baking pan i used greased muffin pans lined with greased aluminum foil, only thing i had to line the muffin pans. turned out great and was perfect even without using icing.

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review by Caren C.

3/24/2019

Sadly, mine were bland and cakey. Followed recipe almost exactly so I blame the chocolate. I used a Godiva sweetened cocoa powder and reduced the sugar by a quarter cup. I guess the chocolate powder was just not right.

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