Brownies Cockaigne - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter
4 oz. baking chocolate
4 eggs at room temperature
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. flour
1 c. nuts (if desired)

Preparation

Melt chocolate and butter in top of a double boiler and cool completely.
In separate bowl, beat eggs and salt until light in color and foamy.
Add gradually to eggs the sugar and vanilla. Continue beating.
Add the chocolate/butter mixture to the egg/sugar mixture with only a few strokes by hand.
Fold in flour and nuts if desired.
Bake in a 9 x 13-inch pan, about 25 minutes at 350\u00b0.
Cool, then cut into squares.