Recipe: 00265 Title : Chocoholic Brownies Author: Brett Date : August 1995 _________________________________________________________________________ .5 c butter (I use either Altadena raw butter or Danish Creamery) 4 oz unsweetened chocolate 1.5 c dark brown sugar, packed (such as Yellow D) 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 1 c whole wheat pastry flour (don't sift unless lumpy) .5 tsp salt 1 c coarsely chopped pecans 6 oz semisweet chocolate chips optional: 2-4 oz liqueur (Kahlua, Vandermint, Chambord, Gran Marnier, etc.) Melt butter and chocolate in microwave, double boiler, or over very low heat. Remove from heat, stir well, then stir in the sugar until thoroughly blended. Then stir in eggs and vanilla until smooth. Quickly add flour, salt, nuts, and chips, and stir just until blended. Shove/spread/pat into well-greased or Pam-sprayed 8x10 inch baking pan, and bake at 325 degrees for about 35 minutes. Do not overbake, or they lose their chewy texture (they will look a little underdone in the middle, compared to baking a cake). If using the liqueur, immediately poke the brownies full of holes with a toothpick and dribble the booze on evenly. (The higher amount may give you brownies so soft you have to eat them with a spoon, but nobody ever complains about this! ;@) Let cool on rack for 15-30 minutes before attempting to cut, but do cut before it's totally cooled. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _________________________________________________________________________