Grandma Bach's Brownies

As you can see by this recipe card this is a well-loved recipe. Sam copied it for me a long time ago. You can see he put serves 1 because they are so good that you want to eat the whole pan. When I mix them up and pour the batter into the pan I feel like Grandma Bach is smiling down on me from the big kitchen in the sky.

Grandma Bach’s Brownies
Makes 13” x 9” pan

4 squares baking chocolate
1 stick plus 2 tablespoons butter
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup of chopped nuts (I like pecans)

1. Preheat oven to 350F. First melt chocolate, and butter. Beat eggs until light and fluffy. Slowly add sugar, beating vigorously. Then add melted chocolate and beat thoroughly. Add rest of ingredients and combine until smooth. Pour into greased 13” x 9” pan. Bake at for 25 to 30 minutes.

Frosting
1/3 stick of butter
2 squares of baking chocolate
Then add powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla to desired consistency and spread on warm brownies.

Or dust with powdered sugar. They are so good that they don't need any frosting. I made this batch without frosting or powdered sugar.

This is how the look right out of the oven. The crust should look shiny if you mixed them up correctly.

And below is a plate of finished brownies. Yum!

Here is Joe the Cat supervising my baking. He likes to be in on any action in the kitchen just in case it might be something that cats like to eat.