Disgustingly Rich Brownies

Yield: 16 brownies

Ingredients:

2 cubes (1 cup) butter
3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Procedu

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, then smear the inside of an 8 or
9-inch baking pan with shortening.

Melt the butter over a low heat. Watch it. It’s easy to burn.

In your mixing bowl, stir the cocoa and sugar together. Then stir in
the melted butter. Add the eggs and vanilla, and stir again. Now add
the flour and salt, and mix just until smooth. Not too much. (If
you’re adding walnuts, now’s the time.)

Scrape the mixture out into the greased pan and spread out in an even
layer.

Bake in a 350-degree oven until the brownies just begin to pull away
from the sides of the pan (or until you can stick a toothpick in and
pull it out with no batter sticking to it). Takes about 60 to 65
minutes. Let cool before cutting.