Deluxe Brownies from NYT

Deluxe Brownies from NYT

½ cup cocoa

½ cup butter (1 stick)

2 eggs

1 cup sugar (try ¾ c maple syrup or combo or syrup and applesauce)

¼ cup flour

1 cup broken or chopped walnuts or pecans

1 tsp vanilla

Pinch of salt

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Melt butter in saucepan with cocoa and stir until smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a large bowl. Whisk in eggs, one at a time. Stir in vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, flour, nuts and salt. Add dry ingredients to the cocoa-butter mixture. Stir unil just combined. Pour into an 8x8 greased baking dish. Bake 30-35 minutes. Do not overbake! Should be gooey.