Iced Brownies

We are still on the Kansas City Kansan`s Silver Spoon Cookbook of 1967.

Iced Brownies

1  12-oz package semi-sweet chocolate morsels
2/3 cup shortening
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup nutmeats, chopped

Melt chocolate morsels and shortening over hot water. Beat egg with salt and sugar until thick. Add flour, sifted with baking powder. Add chocolate mixture and vanilla. Blend well. Add nutmeats. Bake in 10 x 13-inch pan 25 minutes at 375 degrees. Do not over bake.

Icing

1 stick of butter, softened
2 quarts chocolate , melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound confectioners sugar

Whip butter with rubber spatula until it fluffs. Add chocolate and sugar and enough cream to make a fluffy mixture. Add vanilla. Spread on cooled brownies.