Katharine Hepburn's Brownies

Submitted by: Dotty Hook

Ingredients
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 stick butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
11/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Melt together 1 stick butter and 2 squares unsweetened chocolate and take the saucepan off the heat.

2. Stir in 1 cup sugar, add 2 eggs and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and beat the mixture well.

3. Stir in 1/4 cup all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt. (In the original recipe, 1 cup chopped walnuts is added here as well.)

4. Bake the brownies in a buttered and floured 8-inch-square pan at 325°F for about 40 minutes.