My mom was a chocaholic. One of my favorite chocolate desserts are her brownies. She would usually make them with homemade freezer vanilla ice cream. Once the brownies and ice cream were ready, she would call us to eat with the warning that the corners of the brownie pan were hers and none elses. She loved the corner brownies.

If you are still using a box mix to make your brownies, pinch yourself and make these. They are super easy to make. And while they are warm, cut out the corner piece and dish up a scoop of ice cream in my mom’s honor.

Merle’s Brownies

Ingredients:

– 1 cup butter

– 1/2 cup cocoa

– 4 eggs

– 2 cups sugar

– 1 1/2 cups flour

– dash salt

– 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

– 1 cup chocolate morsels

– 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Recipe:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Grease and flour a 9×13 pan

3. Melt butter in sauce pan. Dissolve cocoa in butter and set aside.

4. Beat eggs and sugar together until fluffy.

5. Beat in flour, salt and vanilla.

6. Add cocoa and butter to flour mixture.

7. Add chocolate pieces and nuts.

8. Bake in greased and floured pan for 30-40 minutes Bake 30 minutes for chewy brownies and 40 minutes for cake-like brownies.