Grandma's Congo Squares

See, what to do when it's 5 degrees outside.  If you're too lazy to click through... the answer is bake!  A Grandma recipe, preferably.

Grandma's Congo Squares

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup shortening (Grandmas have such an affinity for shortening don't they)

3 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 1/2 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 1/1 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 cup chocolate chips (or a combo of choco chips & nuts if you so desire)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 8x10 metal or glass pan

Combine the brown sugar, shorterning, eggs, and vanilla extract

In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and baking powder

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet bowl

Add in the chocolate chips (or nuts) last

Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes

Sprinkle with flaky sea salt

Enjoy!  (weirdly these taste much better after a few hours out of the oven.  Not sure why, you'd have to ask Grandma)