Gargantuan brownies

 
                            GARGANTUAN BROWNIES
 
 Recipe By     : Ladies' Home Journal magazine -- April 1996 
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Desserts                         Bars
                 Cookies
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1      cup           butter or margarine, -- cut up
    8      squares       (8-oz.) unsweetened chocolate, -- chopped
    3      cups          sugar
    6      large         eggs
    1 3/4  cups          all-purpose flour
    2      teaspoons     vanilla extract
      1/2  teaspoon      salt
    2      cups          toasted walnuts, -- coarsely chopped
 
 Heat oven to 350.  Line jelly-roll pan with foil; grease foil.  Heat
 butter and chocolate in large saucepan over low heat until melted and
 smooth.  Remove from heat; whisk in sugar and eggs.  Stir in flour,
 vanilla and salt until blended.  Stir in walnuts.  Pour batter into
 prepared pan.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes until toothpick inserted in center
 comes out clean.  Cool brownies completely on large wire rack.  Invert
 pan onto rack; peel off foil.  Invert again onto large cutting board. 
 Cut brownies lengthwise into thirds, then crosswise in 5 pieces.  Can be
 made ahead.  Store in airtight container at room temperature up to one
 week or freeze up to 1 month.  Makes 15 brownies. 
 Typed by Ethel Snyder 
 Date:  July 24, 1997 
 
 
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