Brownies

This is Mom posting in Talena's name. I'm at Talena's house, and Gay just made brownies. Here is her recipe!!! She says she adapted this recipe from a brownie mix, when she needed to make more than the mix would make, so she could fill the bigger pan. These will make brownies for one of those big half-sheet size pans, you know, like you would make Texas Fudge Brownies in. Only these aren't Texas Fudge Brownies. So you start with the brownie mix and add to it. Here goes:

BROWNIES
1 Family-Size Betty Crocker Brownie Mix
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups flour
3 tablespoons cocoa
1/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup oil

Place mix in large bowl add all of the other dry ingredients and stir with a wire whip to combine. Add eggs oil and water to dry mixture and stir still stiff batter is made. Spread into greased and floured 1/2 sheet baking pan. (12x18).
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

FROSTING
1/2 Cup of softened butter
1/2 Cup of shortening
4 Cups powdered sugar
6 T Cocoa
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbls. milk
Hershey chocolate syrup - add enough to make smooth spreadable consistency frosting.
Mix all ingredients together and spread on cooled brownies.