Brownies Cockaigne

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 350°.
2. 2
   Melt butter and chocolate in a double boiler and cool this mixture.
3. 3
   Beat eggs and salt until light in color and foamy in texture.
4. 4
   Add sugar and vanilla gradually and continue beating until well creamed.
5. 5
   With a few swift strokes (manually), combine cooled chocolate mixture into eggs and sugar. Before the mixture becomes uniformly colored, fold in flour (again manually).
6. 6
   Before flour is uniformly colored, gently stir in pecans.
7. 7
   Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch pan.
8. 8
   Bake for 25 minutes. Cut when cool.
9. 9
   Wrap individually in foil; these keep well for 3 to 4 days.
10. 10
    Good way to serve brownies is to garnish with whipped cream.