• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Confectioner's sugar for dusting (optional)
  

1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.  Butter an 8-inch square pan.  Line the
   bottom of the pan with wax paper, then butter and flour the paper. 
2. In a saucepan over low heat, melt the chocolate with butter, stirring to blend.
   Remove from the heat and stir in sugar, egg, salt, flour, walnuts and
   vanilla. 
3. Spread in the prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes.  Cool
   for 5 minutes, then turn out onto rack and peel wax paper from bottom.
4. Transfer to a cutting board and cut in squares.  Dust brownies with
   confectioners' sugar if desired. 

Yields 16 brownies

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Note from Ariane: "I usually double this recipe and omit the walnuts since I don't like nuts.  It makes a very rich, fudgy brownie, perfect for chocoholics!