If you aren't familiar with this book, good luck finding a copy... they're going for $79.95 on Amazon.com! Believe it or not, but the book pictured above is an antique- here's a whole article about it. Of course there are newer Betty Crocker cookbooks available, but the one I have lists a completely DIFFERENT brownie recipe (like 8"x8" is enough brownies to go around)... isn't that a bummer?So here is the original 1969 (or 1970, depending on which edition my mom owns) Betty Crocker Brownie recipe.
First, the ingredients (I'm channeling a little PW on this picture, dontcha think?).
You'll need to melt the Crisco with the chocolate.
Then you'll add the dry/wet ingredients...
The chocolate mixture...
And walnuts. (I don't normally include walnuts, but these were a treat for someone else.)
After everything is mixed, smooth it into a greased 9"x13" pan. (Yep- that's so much better than 8"x8"... it's 53" more inches of scrumptious brownies!)
After approximately 30 minutes in the oven, you'll have a pan full of happiness!
These brownies were headed across town (on two different subway lines, no less), so I needed to figure out a way to transport them. I could have left them in the pan, or wrapped them in Saran Wrap... but then I remembered I had some wax bags. A while back I bought a box of the Reynolds bags, so I decided to cut them into smaller little packets (I could cut one bag into 2 packets), and then I placed a brownie inside. I thought they looked pretty cute!
Then I loaded all the little brownie pockets into a plastic container with an airtight lid.
Mmmm... now someone can just grab a brownie and enjoy!
Thanks for stopping by to check out my mom's (by way of Betty Crocker) brownies. Before I forget- here's the recipe:Betty Crocker's Brownies
Melt together:
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate
½ c shortening
Mix together, and then add chocolate mixture:
2 C sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 ¼ C flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 C chopped nuts (optional)
350 degrees, 9” X 13” pan (greased), 30 minutes
