Five-star brownies

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       Title: Five-Star Brownies
  Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
       Yield: 36 servings
  
       3    Eggs
       2 c  Sugar
   1 1/2 ts Vanilla extract
     1/2 c  Butter or margarine; melted
     1/4 c  Shortening; melted
   1 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
     3/4 c  Baking cocoa
   1 1/4 ts Salt
       1 c  Chopped nuts; optional
  
   Recipe by: COUNTRY WOMAN MAGAZINE - JULY/AUGUST 19
   In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla until well
   mixed. Add butter and shortening. Combine flour, cocoa and
   salt; stir into egg mixture and mix well. Add nuts if
   desired. Line a 13"x9"x2" baking pan with foil and grease
   the foil; pour batter into pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30
   minutes or until brownies test done with a wooden pick.
   Cool in pan. Turn brownies out of pan onto a cookie sheet;
   remove foil. Place a wire rack over brownies; turn over and
   remove cookie sheet. Cut with a star cutter or into bars.
   Yield: about 3 dozen
  
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