Name: Potato Brownies
Ingredients: ⅔ cup instant mashed potato flakes; ⅔ cup hot water; ⅓ cup shortening; 2 oz unsweetened chocolate; 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs; ⅓ cup flour; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp baking powder; ½ cup chopped nuts

AuthorRetroRuth

From 42 Hot Potato Ideas, Betty Crocker, 1967

Tested Recipe!

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⅔ cup instant mashed potato flakes

⅔ cup hot water

⅓ cup shortening

2 oz unsweetened chocolate

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

⅓ cup flour

½ tsp salt

½ tsp baking powder

½ cup chopped nuts

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8x8 pan.

Measure potato flakes into the mixing bowl. Blend in hot water; set aside.

Melt shortening and chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Add chocolate mixture, sugar and eggs to potatoes in the bowl.

Stir together remaining ingredients; blend into chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Cool; if desired, frost.

CategoryBars, Chocolate, Desserts

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