Adrienne's Brownies

My mother-in-law left a brownie recipe behind that only listed ingredients and an oven temperature. I hope I've filled in all the right details to replicate her wonderful brownies.

Adrienne's Brownies

Ingredients

• ½ cup Butter, melted
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 2 Eggs
• 2 squares baking Chocolate melted (or ½ cup Cocoa)
• ¾ cup Flour
• ½ tsp Baking Powder
• ¼ tsp Salt
• ¾ cup chopped Walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch square baking pan.
2. Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in bowl. Add eggs; beat well with spoon.
3. Stir in chocolate (if melted) now, or if cocoa powder, see next step.
4. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt (and cocoa powder if used); gradually add to egg mixture, beating until well blended.
5. Stir in nuts, if desired.
6. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
7. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan.
8. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

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