Rich Chocolate Brownies

Rich brownies are cake-like but are denser and not springy or gooey.
== Info ==
Cook Time: 30 minutes 
Serves: 8-10
== Ingredients ==
* 4 ounces (110 g) unsweetened baking chocolate
* ⅔ cup (160 g/1.6 dl) solid fat: margarine, butter, shortening, or lard
* 2 cups (450 g/2.7 dl) baking sugar
* 4 eggs
* 1 tsp. vanilla
* 1¼ (300 g/3 dl) cup flour
* 1 tsp. baking powder
* 1 tsp. salt
* 1 cup (240 g/2.4 dl) coarsely chopped nuts (½ inch / 1 cm walnuts work well)
== Directions ==
# Heat oven to 350 °F/175 °C.
# Melt chocolate and margarine in a double boiler, or (carefully) in a saucepan on low heat while stirring often.
# Remove from heat.
# Mix in the sugar, eggs and vanilla.
# Excluding the nuts, mix the dry ingredients with each other, and then into the wet mixture.
# Mix in the nuts.
# Spread into a 13-inch by 9-inch baking pan, or into two 8-inch by 8-inch baking pans.
# Bake for 30 minutes, or until brownies pull away from the sides of the pan.
== Tips ==
* This works well with 3 tablespoons of oil in place of the solid fat. When using lard, ⅓ cup should be about right.
* Unlike other brownie recipes which use cocoa powder and fill one small pan, this recipe uses baking chocolate and fills two small pans or one large one.
== Source ==
Rich Brownies from the Wikibooks Cookbook—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License
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Category:Chocolate Recipes
Category:American Recipes
Category:Brownie Recipes