Rich Cocoa Brownies

Great chocolate flavor, definite butter flavor, and a very soft tender texture.

These are prepared by melting butter, adding cocoa, and when cool, mixing in sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs (3!), and flour.

Because I do not own a 9 X 9 pan, I had to choose between and 8 X 8 (my usual choice) and 8.5 X 11. The 8 X 8 is significantly smaller than the 9 X 9 (64 sq inches versus 81), while the 8.5 X 11 is 93.5 sq inches. I chose the larger pan, and while the brownies are somewhat thin, there are lots of them.

For me, these took 20 minutes, and they are NOT overcooked.