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the joy of brownies

Ingredients For the joy of brownies

  • 4 oz
    unsweetened chocolate
  • 1/2 c
    butter
  • 4
    eggs
  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 1 c
    sifted all purpose flour
  • 1 c
    pecans or walnuts, broken

How To Make the joy of brownies

  • 1
    Melt chocolate and butter over very low heat, stirring frequently.
  • 2
    Remove from heat and cool.
  • 3
    Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • 4
    In a medium size bowl, beat eggs until light.
  • 5
    Continue beating, and gradually add sugar and salt until light and fluffy.
  • 6
    Stir in vanilla and chocolate-butter mixture then stir in the flour, then nuts.
  • 7
    Baking options: For 9 giant brownies, bake in 9 x 9-inch pan; for 12 large brownies or 24 small ones, bake in 9 x 13-inch pan.
  • 8
    Prepare pans by greasing and flouring.
  • 9
    Bake 45-60 minutes depending on how fudgy or cake-like you prefer the brownies but don\'t bake beyond the point that a toothpick comes out a bit wet.
  • 10
    Allow to cool completely before cutting.
  • 11
    To remove from pan, cool 15 minutes after removing from oven, then loosen edges and turn over as you would remove a cake.

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