Sometimes you just need a really good brownie, am I right?  Courtney and Jaren came over for dinner on Sunday and if there aren’t treats then Cort complains so I put these together for her and they are delicious!

brownies:

8 tablespoons cocoa

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups flour

1 cup nuts

pinch of salt

frosting:

1 pound powdered sugar

1/4 cup butter

3 tablespoons cocoa

1/4 cup hot water

1 teaspoon vanilla

1  To make the brownies, grease 9 x 13″ pan and preheat oven to 325.

2  Stir cocoa into melted butter.  Mix sugar and eggs in another bowl.  Stir in butter/cocoa mixture.  Add vanilla, flour, nuts and salt.  Spread in pan and bake 25 – 30 minutes or until cooked through.

3  To make the frosting, mix all frosting ingredients together and spread over hot brownies.

recipe from Six Sisters’ Stuff