The one thing about this recipe...you will want to eat the brownies when they're hot and fresh, but don't! They are better the next day. Honestly!
- 1 cup butter (or margarine if you must, though I've never used margarine)
- 4 squares unsweetened chocolate
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- (optional... 2 cups coarsely chopped nuts...I never do this)
Step 1 Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 13' by 9' baking pan. In 3-quart saucepan over very low heat, melt butter (marg) and chocolate, stirring the mixture constantly.
Step 2 Remove pan from heat and with a spoon, stir the sugar into the chocolate. Allow mixture to cool slightly.
Step 3 Add eggs, one at a time, beating until well blended after the addition of each egg.
Step 4 Add the flour, vanilla and salt to the mixture and stir in well.
Step 5 - optional Add the nuts to the mixture and stir in well.
Step 6 Pour mixture into greased baking pan and bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes (just a note, I usually check at about 20-25 minutes... sometimes I like them a little underdone). Brownies are done when toothpick or knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Mmmmmm!