FIL’S FAVORITE BROWNIES

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Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

9 x 13″ baking pan

  • 5 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 1/4 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 4 1/2 squares unsweetened chocolate
  • 15 tablespoons butter
  • 1 1/2 cups walnuts chopped

8 1/2 x 11″ baking pan

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3 1/2 sq. unsweetened chocolate
  • 12 tablespoons butter
  • 3/4 cup walnuts chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven 325° F.
  • Grease and flour pan, either 9 x 13″ or 8 1/2 x11″. Adjust amounts ofingredients accordingly.
  • Melt chocolate and butter together in top of a doubleboiler over simmering water. Allowto cool slightly before adding to rest of ingredients.
  • In large mixer bowl, beat eggs well. Add sugar gradually and beat. Add flour. Then add salt, vanilla and cooled chocolate-butter mixture. Finally, add chopped walnuts to taste, e.g. 3/4 to 1 1/4 cups.
  • Bake for 50 minutes in a 325° F. Allow to cool somewhat in pan before cutting.

Notes

We first obtained the above recipe from a secretary at Johns Hopkins; so, we call them “Karen’sBrownies.”
This is a fairly common recipe and has appeared in “TheHartford Courant” under the heading “My Mom’s Killer Brownies.”
The recipe in “The Hartford Courant” used 4squares of chocolate and 16 tablespoons butter but was in other respects thesame. That recipe suggested using a9-inch square pan, which had been greased and floured, and baking the browniesfor 45 minutes.
This recipe has been been kitchen tested.
Keyword Cookies & Bars, Desserts