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Saucepan Fudgies Recipe

It's hard to eat just one of these bite-size brownies. My boys like them a lot, so I often have some frozen cookie dough shaped into balls ready to pop into the oven.

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Saucepan Fudgies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 20 min./batch

Yield: 36 Servings

15 20 35

Ingredients

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup butter, cubed
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup chopped pecans
Confectioners' sugar or additional sugar

Directions

In a large heavy saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Stir in sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to chocolate mixture. Stir in pecans. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until easy to handle.
Roll into 1-in. balls, then roll in sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 300° for 18-20 minutes or until edges are set and tops crack. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 6 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 94 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 55 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Saucepan Fudgies in Best of Country Cookies , p110