Recipe: Spice Brownies with Spice Frosting (Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook)

SPICE BROWNIES

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Spice Frosting (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x9x2-inch baking pan.

Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy; beat in eggs, milk and vanilla.

Stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, spices and 1/2 teaspoon salt; blend into creamed mixture. Stir in nuts. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool.

Frost with Spice Frosting. Cut.

SPICE FROSTING

1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons softened butter or margarine
1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Stir together powdered sugar and cinnamon. Cream butter with sugar. Add enough milk until of spreading consistency.

Makes 20
Source: Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook