I’ve shared quite a bit on my Instagram page how much I love finding old recipe cards at estate sales and flea markets. Yesterday, I was in the mood to bake something sweet so I picked a recipe that sounded good to give a try. It’s an old recipe from a newspaper clipping, titled “Fudge Cookies” but after reading the recipe it sounded more like they’d turn out to be brownies. The recipe only called for 7 ingredients, most of which are pantry staples — so I was pretty stoked a quick run to the store wasn’t going to be needed.

This recipe turned out so good! I had a bake quite a bit longer than what the recipe called for but part of that is due to only having an 8x8 pan on hand when the recipe called for a 9x9.

A couple notes:

• The recipe calls for 1 cup nuts, I used pecans because there are few things better together than chocolate and pecans. Next time I make this recipe I’ll probably add an additional 1/2 to 1 cup of chopped pecans.

• Like mentioned above, I used an 8x8 pan so the brownies were quite thick. I baked per the directions, then after the first 20 minutes, I covered the brownies with foil, put back into the oven at 325 and baked for an additional 30 minutes.

• Make sure to check these brownies in the center, you want them to be that fudge-y texture but not too wet.

• This recipe would be delicious with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on top!

Would love to hear if you give this recipe a try!

xx, Riss

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