The Best Brownies -**

Now this recipe you can get from just about any box of Cocoa but there is a story to go along with this one.  My kids love these brownies.

My son Johnathon was stationed in Korea for a year in the Army and one thing he said he really missed was these brownies.  So we got to baking and made a batch up.  Before we cut them in the baking dish we placed a plastic container over the brownie and marked how big to cut so it would fit into the container with no air around it.  Since it was a deep container we were able to get two really large brownies down in it.  We then took that container filled with brownie and used our food saver and a bag that the container would fit into.  We took all the air out until the top of the top brownie just started to sink just a little bit,  then sealed it.  We had a package ready to ship to him and the brownies were just the right size to finish out the package.  It took a week and a half for it to get into his hands.  He said when he cut it open it was like it just came out of the oven still fresh and moist.

The Best Brownies

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped nuts (I prefer pecans or walnuts)

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease 13x9x2 inch baking pan.  Microwave butter until melted, mix in sugar and vanilla.  Add eggs one at a time beating well with each additional egg.  Add flour, cocoa, baking power and salt beat until well blended.  Stir in nuts.  Pour into baking pan.  Bake 30-35 minutes until brownies begin to pul away from the sides of the pan.  Cool completely then cut and serve.