Best Brownies

A good friend of mine gave me a Hershey's Classic Recipes cookbook a few Christmas' back. When you need a good and quick dessert, it's always a blessing to find you have the ingredients in your pantry!

These are classic brownies that deliver every time! The frosting is really good, but optional.

Best Brownies

1 stick butter or margarine, melted

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1/3 cup cocoa

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Heat oven to 350. Grease a 9-inch square pan.

Stir together butter, sugar, and vanilla. Add eggs; beat well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in nuts. Spread into prepared pan.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cool and frost.

Creamy Brownie Frosting

3 Tbsp butter or margarine, softened

3 Tbsp cocoa

1 Tbsp light corn syrup or honey

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 cup powdered sugar

1 to 2 Tbsp milk

Beat butter, cocoa, corn syrup, and vanilla. Add powdered sugar and milk; beat to spreading consistency.