Mom's Pan Brownies

One of my favorite recipes.

• Ready In: 47 mins
• Yields: 2 1/2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 2  cups sugar
• 4  eggs
• 8  tablespoons  cocoa
• 1  cup flour, sifted
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1  cup pecans or 1  cup walnuts, chopped
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Cream butter with sugar in a mixing bowl with hand mixer. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Add cocoa. Blend well. Add flour, salt, and baking powder. Fold in nuts and vanilla extract. Pour into a greased 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Bake 28-32 minutes, or until top is crusty and brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool. Cut into squares.