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      Title: Chiperoo Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 3 servings
 
    2/3 c  Shortening
      1 lb Brown sugar
  2-3/4 c  Flour; sifted
  2-1/2 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
      3    Eggs
      1 pk Semi-sweet chocolate chips
      1 c  Broken nuts
      1 ts Vanilla
 
     Melt shortening.  Stir in brown sugar and vanilla. Mix well and cool.
  Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs one at a time to
  shortening mixture, beating well after each addition. Blend in dry
  ingredients.  Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Spread in a greased
  15x10x1" pan - or for thicker bars, use a 13x9x2" pan. Bake at 350°F for
  25-30 min. When almost cool, cut into bars.

     Source:  Prize Winning Recipes from the State Fair of Texas, 1976.
 
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