Fantasy brownie- country living holidays

3/4   c            butter or margarine,
                        -softened
   1 1/3   c            Sugar
   3       lg           Eggs
   3                    1-oz squares unsweetened
                        -chocolate, melted
   1       t            vanilla
     1/4   c            Unsifted all-purposeflour
     1/4   ts           baking powder
     1/8   ts           Salt
   1 1/2   c            Chopped walnuts

  1. Heat oven to 325'F. Generously grease and flour a
  9-inch square bak- ing pan.
  
  2. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat
  together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one
  at a time, beating well after each addition.
  
  3. Add chocolate and vanilla. Beat until very fluffy.
  Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt until uniformly
  combined. Fold in walnuts.
  
  4. Turn batter into prepared pan. Bake until edges
  start to pull away from sides of pan-about 35 to 40
  minutes.
  
  5. Cool 5 minutes; with a sharp knife, cut into 9
  squares. Cool com- pletely. Serve plain or topped with
  ice cream and hot fudge sauce.
  
  Country Living Holidays/92  Scanned & fixed by Di Pahl
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