Kate's Best Brownies Recipe

1/4 cup(1/2 stick) unsalted butter
2 squares(1 oz. each)unsweetened chocolate
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1 cup walnuts, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray bottom of 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick vegetable spray.

2. Melt together butter and chocolate in small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat.

3. Beat eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla in small mixer bowl at medium speed until very light, 5 minutes. Beat in chocolate mixture. Blend in flour. Fold in walnuts. Spread in prepared pan.

4. Bake in preheated 350 degree F. oven 40 minutes; top will have shiny crust. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into squares. Makes 16 brownies.