The Best Brownies
Jane Lumpkin Clotiaux (originally from Celeste Keller Lumpkin Kay)
1 cup Crisco
4 squares chocolate
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Melt chocolate and Crisco together and set aside to cool.
Beat eggs and mix with sugar. Add chocolate, Crisco and dry ingredients. Fold in nuts and vanilla.
Spread into 9x13-inch pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.
These were a favorite with the Clotiauxs — they are THE BEST brownies I have ever eaten! If you read the recipe carefully, you can see how rich they are — with Blue Bell, they’re probably two days’ worth of calories! (Dec 1996)
These were really rich, almost as good as Lulu’s chocolate pie! —Graydon Doolittle (Jane Lumpkin Clotiaux’s nephew)
1 cup Crisco
4 squares chocolate
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Melt chocolate and Crisco together and set aside to cool.
Beat eggs and mix with sugar. Add chocolate, Crisco and dry ingredients. Fold in nuts and vanilla.
Spread into 9x13-inch pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.