Cocoa Brownies from Katherine Hepburn

Did Ms. Hepburn really make these brownies? I will never know but any recipe The New York Times publishes has never failed me.

Cocoa Brownies

Ingredients

• 1/2 C. Cocoa
• 1 Stick Unsalted Butter
• 2 Lg. Eggs
• 1 C. Sugar
• 1/4 C. Flour
• 1 C. Walnuts or Pecans (chopped)
• 1 t. Vanilla
• Pinch of Salt

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees; grease an 8″ square baking dish
2. Melt butter in a saucepan; add the cocoa and stir until smooth; remove from heat and cool for a few minutes
3. Whisk in the eggs one at a time, stir in the vanilla
4. In another bowl cmbine the sugar, flour and salt; add to the cocoa mixture and stir until combined
5. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes (do not overbake); let cool before cutting into squares

Serves: 9

Recipe from: http://www.nytimes.com