Note: I use this recipe, for Brownie bars
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4 oz(125 gr) of unsweetened chocolate
7 oz  (175 gr) Butter
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup (375 gr.) of sugar
1 cup(125 gr.) of flour
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
1 cup (125 gr) of chopped nuts (optional)
~Do not preheat the oven, prepare a sheet (28 x 18 cm) (11 x 7 inch) cover with baking paper.
Chop the chocolate and the butter, use a heat proof bowl and put the bowl in a pan of steaming water, stir until the chocolate melts; do not cook the chocolate. (Alternatively you can use the microwave; chop the chocolate in tiny pieces add the butter and put it in the microwave at high power for 1 min, stir and if it’s not melted try 10 more seconds seconds, stir and repeat until it melts).

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, add the sugar and the vanilla essence. Add the chocolate and whisk by hand. Add the sifted flour and fold until the flour disappears. Do not over beat. Add the nuts. (Secret before adding the nuts; put them in a sifter with some flour and sift the flour so that only the nuts covered by a thin layer of flour remain inside the sifter. This flour layer will prevent the nuts sinking to the bottom of the preparation). Pour the mix in the previously prepared baking sheet and place in the oven.
Turn the oven on (400F) (200C). cook for 15′, then drop the temperature down to 350 F (180 C) and cook for other 15 min.
How to know when it’s done? Easy, the edges should be detached from the pan wall.

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