Baked Fudge - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
4 eggs (room temperature), beaten to blend
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 c. (2 sticks) butter, melted
1 c. chopped pecans
2 tsp. vanilla
unsweetened whipped cream (garnish)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Beat sugar and eggs until mixture forms slowly dissolving ribbon when beaters are lifted.
Sift flour and cocoa into mixture and blend well.
Stir in melted butter, nuts and vanilla; do not overmix.
Spread batter evenly in an 8 x 10-inch baking pan.
Set into a larger pan; add enough boiling water to larger pan to come halfway up sides.
Bake until fudge is firm and knife inserted in center comes out moist but clean, about 1 hour.
Let cool.
Cut into squares.
Serve with whipped cream. Serves 8 to 10.