Mary's Favorite Brownies!

Mary's Favorite Brownies!
(although she doesn't know what it's like as a single batch, she has only made it quadrupled)

½ cup butter or margarine
¼ cup cocoa

2 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
¾ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup chopped walnuts (Mary only uses Pecans though - cuz' they're better - and from Oklahoma)
1/8 tsp salt

In small saucepan melt butter and cocoa, stirring as it melts. Remove from heat.

In a medium bowl beat eggs until frothy. Add sugar, flour, nuts and salt. Don’t stir yet. Then pour cocoa mixture over top and stir all together Scrape batter into greased 8 x 8 – inch pan. Bake in 350 F oven for about 30 minutes until the edges begin to show signs of pulling away from the sides of the pan. Cut into 25 squares when cool. Frost for a more festive occasion.


ICING

1 1/3 cups icing sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
3 tbsp. butter or margarine
5 tsp hot water

Beat all together, adding more liquid if mixture is too firm to spread easily. Spread over baked brownies. Allow to set before cutting.