THE 12 DAYS OF COOKIES – Day 9

The Ultimate Brownies

These are the dense fudgy kind of brownie. The salted peanuts give them a bit of a twist.

8 oz.     unsweetened chocolate
1 cup     butter
5     eggs
3 cups     sugar
1 Tbsp     vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups     flour
1 tsp     salt
2-1/2 cups     salted peanuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 350º F. Grease a 9” x 13” pan.
Melt chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat; set aside. In a mixer, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla at high speed for 10 minutes. Blend in chocolate mixture, flour and salt until just mixed. Stir in the nuts. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake for 35-40 minutes. (Don’t over bake.) Cool and frost if desired, but that is not necessary.
Makes 24 squares.

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