Brownies

For my birthday or Christmas, I can't remember which, when I was 11 or 12 (so 25 or 26 years ago), my mother bought me a cookbook of my own. I don't remember the name. I'm holding the book in my lap right now but its a 25 year old paperback. The front cover is gone. The copyright page is gone. What is left are the recipes. If anyone recognizes the recipe and can give me the name of the book, I would be greatly appreciated.

This brownie recipe was raved over my entire life. I have had people beg me to make it. The problem is that every time I go to make it the recipe book has disappeared. So I'm going to put the recipe here. I hope someone finds it useful.

4 oz Unsweetened Chocolate
2/3 cup shortening
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Powdered Sugar

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease baking pan
Heat the chocolate and shortening over low heat until the chocolate melts. Remove from heat mix in the sugar eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add in the nuts if you are using them and then spread into the pan evenly.

Bake for 30 min or until the brownies start to pull away from the sides

Cool cut then sprinkle with powder sugar and serve.