Brownies

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
2/3 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease oblong pan 9x13-inch pan. Mix cocoa, shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla together. Measure flour, stir flour, baking powder, and salt together; blend in. Mix in nuts. Spread in pan. Bake 30 minutes or until brownies pull away from sides of pan. Don't overbake. Cool slightly and cut in bars. Makes 32 brownies.