Blonde Brownies

Submitted by Betty Blystone

Ingredients

2 cups sifted flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons vanilla

2/3 cup shortening

2 cups dark brown sugar

2 eggs slightly beaten

1 package chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Melt shortening.

3. Add sugar, mix well and cool.

4. Add dry ingredients sifted together.

5. Add chocolate chips.

6. Spread in a 10x15 inch rimmed pan, bake for 20 minutes.

7. Cool in the pan.

From Chef Betty: Again, mom trying to outsmart her 4 kids - I guess she didn't allow for the fact that she and dad raised us. Mom tried once or twice to disguise cookies by freezing them in containers marked “zucchini” or “hamburger patties” . That didn’t work either……