Katherine Hepburn's Brownies

I was craving brownies, but I didn't want a whole dish for me so I happily made them for my bookclub dinner party. I'm not a fan of cake and I don't like cake-like brownies, I prefer the fudgy variety. This recipe has cycled around for decades and are known as "Katherine Hepburn's Brownies". I imagine they were some sort of publicity release by one of her early studios to make her more 'likeable' to the audience (she was voted 'box office poison' by the theatre owners).

Katherine Hepburn's Brownies

2 oz. chocolate, unsweetened

1/4 lb. butter, unsalted

1 c. sugar

2 eggs

1/2 t. vanilla extract

1/4 c. flour, all-purpose

1/4 t. salt

1 c. walnuts (if desired)

1. Preheat oven to 325 deg. F.

Butter an 8-in baking pan.

2. In a heavy saucepan, melt the chocolate with the butter over low heat, stirring until completely melted. Remove from the heat and stir in the sugar.

3. Add the eggs and vanilla and "beat it all like mad". Stir in the flour, salt, and walnuts and mix well.

4. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes. Take it out; let it cool; cut into squares and go crazy.