This recipe comes from my favorite cookbook, Laurie Colwin's More Home Cooking (HarperCollins 1993). Her recipe came from a friend who got the recipe from an article about Katherine Hepburn. A Hepburn family recipe, these brownies are a divine snack when watching a contemporary sitcom or an old classic movie.
Makes 9 large brownies
1 stick butter (8 tablespoons)
2 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Butter and flour an 8-inch-square pan and set aside.
Melt together butter and chocolate and take the saucepan off the heat. Stir in sugar, add the eggs and vanilla and beat the mixture well. Stir in flour and salt. Add nuts if desired.
Pour batter into the pan and bake for 40 minutes.
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