Recipes from American National

by American National Insurance Company

YUMMY SQUARES

½ cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1½ cup sifted cake flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 egg white 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1 cup chopped nuts

Work shortening until creamy. Then add the sugar, work until light. Add the two well beaten eggs and vanilla. Then add the flour, salt, baking powder sifted together. Mix well and spread in greased pan, 13 by 9 by 2 inches. Beat the egg white until stiff. Then add brown sugar. Continue beating until stiff. Then fold in nuts. Spread over mixture in pan and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Cut in squares.