Mother's Brownies

Mother's Brownies

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2/3 cup flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1/8 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped pecans
Chocolate Frosting (recipe follows)

Combine butter and sugar in a large bowl; stir in eggs and vanilla.

Combine flour, cocoa, and salt; stir into butter mixture. Stir in pecans. Pour into a greased and floured 8-inch square pan. Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Spread Chocolate Frosting over top. Cut into squares.

Chocolate Frosting:

1 cup sifted powdered sugar
2-1/2 Tbs. cocoa
2 Tbs. butter or margarine, melted
1 to 1-1/2 Tbs. half-and-half
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Combine first 3 ingredients in a small mixing bowl; beat at low speed with an electric mixer until blended. Add half-and-half and vanilla; beat at high speed until spreading consistency. Yield: about 1 cup.

-Southern Living Magazine, October 1993