Blonde Brownies(Shirley Mckenzie)

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. oleo, melted
• 1 box brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 5 c. flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 small pkg. chocolate chips
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• chopped nuts (if desired)

Directions

1. Add sugar to cooled, melted oleo and eggs, one at a time.
2. Add dry ingredients all at once; mix thoroughly.
3. Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.
4. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes in a 13 x 9-inch pan.
5. You must take out of oven before they are finished. It takes 15 minutes, but the middle is all soft.
6. If left in oven too long, they will be too hard.