Chocolate Brownies -can 100 women be wrong?

I know, this is meant to be about healthy food and good ways to eat. But hey, it IS Mothers Day here in chilly South Africa and everyone needs a break sometime. Of course, this is to compensate for any treats you may not have had on mothers day, so spoil yourself, your loved ones, your neighbours.....if you get as far as carrying this stuff out the door. Once a year I bake this recipe for a large group of volunteers, the above mentioned 100 women. They devour and then demand more, so good luck.
No photograph, sorry. My resident photographer is only able to capture what I present, and in deciding to publish this recipe, all the brownies were already gone!
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any weight gain; any secret stuffing of faces behind kitchen doors; any consumption of one days calories in one sitting.

                                               Chocolate Brownies

225g Butter
350g Dark Chocolate (Bournville is perfect)
3 eggs
225g Castor sugar
30ml strong black coffee
75g Flour
salt
100g pecans – chopped
5ml Vanilla

Line and grease a  24cm square tin with foil.
Melt butter and chocolate together and cool slightly. Beat eggs, sugar and coffee together (I normally just do this by hand), then add chocolate mix. Sift flour and salt over, fold in gently, add nuts and vanilla. Pour into tin and bake at 180C about 35 min. The centre must be just firm, but still wobbly. You want the brownies to be nice and moist. Cool in tin and then cover and refrigerate overnight; best to slice only the next day!!! Who are we kidding!!!

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