I love some good brownies every once in a while. So, when my Uncle Andrew called and asked me for a delicious brownie recipe, I thought of one of my mom's simple, yummy recipe's with chocolate chunks and pecans. Yesterday, my mom and I made them in the middle of the day and boy was there a lot of whisking. My arm was happy when we had finished. Have you ever felt like that? This recipe makes a chocolatey, dense square of wonder. I think my mom found it a long time ago on the back of a Nestle chocolate chip bag. It has since evolved and we now use, my favorite, Trader Joe's dark chocolate and fresh pecans. It is a straightfoward recipe that you can make all by hand. The only thing you may need is an adult's help with melting the butter.
Ingredients
3/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons water
12 ounces dark chocolate (broken into pieces), divided in half
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/2 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts)
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
First, mix the flour and baking soda together. Set that aside. Next, in a pot, combine the butter, sugar, and water. Mix that until all of the chunks of butter are melted and it just starts to boil. Turn the stove off and add half of the chocolate (6 ounces) to the mixture. Stir until all of the chocolate pieces have melted. Then, add the vanilla. That should turn into a thick chocolate mixture. Pour this mixture into a bowl and whisk the eggs in, one at a time, beating well after each egg. Then mix the dry ingredients in slowly; stir in remaining chocolate and nuts. Mix well! Pour that into a 9-inch buttered baking pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Be especially careful not to overbake as brownies will become dried out. Enjoy!!!!!
