Brownies

Brownies

1 cup butter

4 oz unsweetened chocolate

4 eggs

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup flour

1 tsp vanilla

2/3 cup nuts, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour a 9x13" pan.  Melt butter and chocolate in double boiler and set aside to cool.  Beat eggs and sugar until thick and lemon colored.  Add the vanilla.  Fold in cooled chocolate and mix thoroughly.  Sift the flour and gently fold into the batter.  Mix just until blended.  Fold in nuts, optional.  Pour into pan and bake for 25 minutes.  Cool before cutting.

Recipe Source: Lillian Ulmer