Chocolate Raspberry Treats

Ingredients:

•	Crisco® Butter Flavor No-Stick Cooking Spray
•	2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
•	1/2 Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
OR	1/2 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
•	1/2 cup Smucker's® Red Raspberry Preserves
•	1 cup sugar
•	2 large eggs
•	1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
•	1 cup Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
OR	Pillsbury BEST® Unbleached All Purpose Flour
•	1/2 teaspoon baking powder
•	1/2 teaspoon salt
•	1/4 cup Smucker's® Red Raspberry Preserves (optional), for glaze
•	1 tablespoon powdered sugar or 1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut (optional)

Directions:

1	HEAT oven to 350°. Spray an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2	MELT chocolate and shortening in large suacepan over low heat, stirring to combine. Remove from heat. Stir in 1/2 cup preserves, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking powder and salt.
3	SPREAD batter in prepared baking pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until firm but not dry.
4	SPREAD 1/4 cup preserves carefully on top of the brownies while brownies are still warm, if desired. Let cool. Sprinkle cooled brownies with powdered sugar or coconut, if desired. Cut into squares.