The World's Best Brownies

I used to be famous for these and was expected to bring them everywhere I went. They are a lovely, chewy type brownie that needs no icing. The recipe came from an old church cookbook from my childhood.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Yields: 32 brownies

Ingredients

• 2  cups white sugar
• 1  cup  vegetable oil
• 4  eggs
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup  cocoa
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1  cup  nuts (I like pecans) (optional)

Directions

1. Beat together sugar, eggs, and oil.
2. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa together.
3. Add to sugar-egg mixture.
4. Add vanilla and nuts (if desired).
5. Pour into two cake pans (8x8x2) lined with foil.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
7. Cut when cool and dust with powdered sugar.