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The air is alive... with the scent of brownies....

I couldn't help it. I was leafing through some sites and came across this one, shown below, part of the 'Bitten Blogs' of the New York Times. Pretty simple recipe, no suprises. I even melted the butter, instead of microwaving it as I normally do, and it still got done in about thirty minutes. So now its cooling out there in the kitchen, and I am steadfastly ignoring it.

For a while.

Here's that recipe:

Brownies

Yield About 1 dozen brownies
Time 40 minutes
Mark Bittman

Summary

As long as you keep the flour to a minimum and don't add chemical leavening like baking powder, you will produce a true and beautiful brownie.

Ingredients

• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) salted or unsalted butter, more for greasing pan
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• Pinch salt if you use unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional

Method

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine chocolate and butter in a small saucepan over very low heat, stirring occasionally. When chocolate is just about melted, remove from heat, and continue to stir until mixture is smooth. Meanwhile, grease an 8-inch-square baking pan. If you like, also line it with waxed or parchment paper and grease that.
• 2. Transfer mixture to a bowl, and stir in sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add flour (and salt and vanilla if you are using them), and stir to incorporate. Stop stirring when no traces of flour remain.
• 3. Pour into pan, and bake 20 to 30 minutes, or until set and barely firm in the middle. Cool on a rack before cutting.

Source: The New York Times