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      Title: Chocolate Chip Meringue Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 servings
 
      1 c  Shortening
      1 ts Baking soda
    1/2 c  Sugar
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Brown sugar
     12 oz Chocolate chips
      2    Eggs; separated
      1 c  Brown sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/4 c  Chopped nuts
      2 c  Flour
 
     Cream shortening and sugars. Add egg yolks and vanilla. Sift flour,
  baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture. Mix with hands (or
  electric mixer) until well blended. Spread into a greased and floured
  9x12-inch pan, and pat down. Sprinkle chocolate chips on batter, and press
  down lightly. Whip egg whites, gradually adding the 1 cup brown sugar,
  until stiff. Spread on top of chip layer, and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
  Bake at 325` for 25 minutes.
 
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