1 stick (4 ounces) butter
1/4 cup cocoa
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla
Icing (Below)
Preparation:
Grease and flour an 8 x 8-inch baking pan.
In a small saucepan, melt butter with cocoa. Beat eggs until foamy, then gradually beat in sugar. Add cocoa-butter mixture to egg mixture. Sift flour and baking powder then sift half of it into batter. Mix pecans into the remaining flour; add to cake batter; stir to blend well. Add vanilla. Spread batter into the pan; bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes. Ice cooled brownies with icing (below) if desired.
Icing:
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa
heavy cream or half and half
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift powdered sugar and cocoa into a mixing bowl. Add vanilla and enough cream to be of desired spreading consistency.