Hepburn’s Brownies

Hepburn’s Brownies

2 oz. (2 squares) unsweetened chocolate

1/2 C. (1 stick) unsalted butter

1 C. sugar

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

1/2 t. vanilla extract

1/4 C. all-purpose flour

1/2 t. salt

1 C. coarsely chopped walnuts

First melt chocolate and butter in a heavy saucepan. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat like mad. Stir in flour, salt and chopped walnuts – not smashed up, you know, but just chopped into fairly good size pieces.

Now mix all that up. Then you butter a square tin (8 inches), and dump the whole thing quickly into the pan. Stuff this pan into a preheated 325-degree oven for 40 minutes. After that, take out the pan, and let it cool for a while. Then cut into 1-1/2-inch squares, and dive right in.