Recipe - Greenwich Village Brownstone Brownies

3 ounce Unsweetened chocolate;3 sq
4 tablespoon Butter; softened
One half teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Sugar
One half cup Brown sugar;packed
1/3 cup Light corn syrup
3 Eggs, large
1 cup Flour, all purpose
1/8 teaspoon Salt
1 One half cup Pecan halves;or large pieces

Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter an 8 inch square cake pan. Line the pan
with wax paper. Butter the paper; flour the pan. Melt the chocolate in the
top of a double boiler over hot water until smooth. Remove from heat.
Beat the butter in a large bowl until light. Beat in the vanilla, both
sugars and the corn syrup. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly
after each addition. Slowly beat in the melted chocolate, the flour, the
salt and 1 cup pecans.
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining One half cup
pecans over the top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes
out fairly clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan on a wire rack 30 minutes.
Cover the pan with another rack and invert. Remove the pan and peel off
the paper. Invert back onto a wire rack and let stand until completely
cool.
Chill the brownie cake for about 30 minutes before cutting into bars.
MAKES ABOUT 24 BROWNIES

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