Nita's Brownies and Icing

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 stick margarine
• 4 TBS cocoa
• 1/2 cup shorting
• 1 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 eggs

Directions:

1. Sift flour with sugar into a large bowl.

2. On stove, melt margarine and cocoa, shorting, and cold water. Bring to boil and pour over flour and sugar. Mix well with beaters and add buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla, salt, and beaten eggs.

3. Mix well pour onto greased cookie sheet (it should be pretty runny). Bake at 400 for 20 minutes.

Icing:

• 1 stick margarine
  
• 3-4 TBSP cocoa
• 5 TBSP milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 box powdered sugar

Directions:

1. 5 minutes before brownies are done, combine in pan and bring to boil: margarine, cocoa and milk.

2. As soon as it starts to boil take off heat and add vanilla, and powdered sugar.

3. Spread over brownies when removed from oven. Cool before cutting.