Marie’s Easy Brownies

Ingredients:
1 ½ c flour
1 t bkg powder
½ t salt
2/3 c shortening
½ c cocoa
½ c condensed milk
2 T water
2 c sugar
4 eggs
2 T corn syrup
2 t vanilla

Directions:
Sift together flour, bkg powder and salt. Heat shortening in saucepan until melted. Remove from heat and stir in cocoa until well blended. Stir in gradually mixture of milk and water. Mix in sugar, corn syrup and vanilla. Beat in hard unbeaten eggs. Add sifted ingredients and mix until smooth. Add 2/3 c nuts if desired.
20-30 minutes at 350º.
9 x 13 pan, well greased.