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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies

It’s almost Thanksgiving! We want to share a super easy but delicious brownie recipe.

Source: New York Times

Total TimeAbout 45 minutes

Ingredients

Yield:12 brownies
  • ½cup cocoa
  • ½cup butter (1 stick)
  • 2eggs
  • 1cup sugar
  • ¼cup flour
  • 1cup chopped or broken-up walnuts or pecans
  • 1teaspoon vanilla
  • Pinch of salt

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat oven to 325 degrees.

  2. Step 2

    Melt butter in saucepan with cocoa and stir until smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a large bowl. Whisk in eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla.

  3. Step 3

    In a separate bowl, combine sugar, flour, nuts and salt. Add to the cocoa-butter mixture. Stir until just combined.

  4. Step 4

    Pour into a greased 8 x 8-inch-square pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Do not overbake; the brownies should be gooey. Let cool, then cut into bars.

    Happy Thanksgiving!