Instructions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Chop pecan nuts.

Melt the butter, add the sugar, and stir until it has dissolved. Add the eggs. Sift the flour and baking powder together and add that, with the vanilla, to the batter. Coat the chocolate bits and nuts lightly with flour, then fold into the cake dough.

Butter a 9 x 12 1/2 inch pan and dust with flour. Bake the brownies for 30 minutes and then leave the pan in the oven for another 15 minutes.

Cut into squares while still warm.

These keep well if they are wrapped in foil, once they are cooled.

Serve with afternoon tea.

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