Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter (1 stick)
4 oz. chocolate
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. sifted flour
1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation

Melt butter and chocolate in double boiler; cool.
Beat eggs and salt until light and foamy.
Gradually add sugar and vanilla and continue beating until well creamed.
With a few strokes (mix manually), combine chocolate into egg/sugar mixture.
Before mixture becomes uniformly colored, fold in flour.
Again, before mixing is uniformly colored, gently stir in pecans or walnuts. Bake in 9 x 13-inch pan for 25 to 30 minutes at 350\u00b0.