Ruthie's Brownies
Makes 16
4 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 sticks butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup flour
4 eggs
⅛ tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
1 8 oz. package chocolate chips plus 2 oz. for top
1 cup chopped pecans
Melt the chocolate and butter in a pan. Cool. Combine sugar, flour, eggs, salt, vanilla and 8 oz. chocolate chips. Mix well and beat in cooled chocolate mixture. Stir in nuts. Pour into a 9”x 9” greased pan. Sprinkle additional chocolate chips evenly over the top.
Bake 350º approximately 40 minutes. These brownies are soft, cake-like. Cut into 16 squares when cool.
©Sally Bernstein, 2006