Brownies . . . WWII Style . . . !

Finally, the brownies that I promised from my mom's 1944 wedding gift, a Better Homes & Garden Cook Book. These turn out nice and chewy. If you want the cake style . . . . well,. I guess you could turn them into that, but, why would you want to?

Original Recipe

1/2 c. butter + 2 T.

3-4 T. cocoa powder

3/4 C. flour

1/2 t. baking powder

1/2 t. salt

2 eggs

1 C. sugar

1 t. vanilla

1 C. chopped nuts

Melt bitter and cocoa, set aside to cool. Sift dry ingredients. Beat eggs until light; add sugar, then add chocolate and blend.

Add flour mixture, vanilla and nuts. Mix well. Bake in wax paper lined pan for 30 - 35 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes 16 in 8 " pan . . . I know pretty funny, they were on rations at the time . . . Mom and I could wipe this out in no time!

To double this and bake in 13 X 10 " pan . . the middle had trouble getting done with out over baking the edges . . . . which of course became my favorite for dunking . . had to fight Mom for them :-)

Working on the pictures!