Jane Rule's Brownies

Photograph - Alex Waterhosue-Hayward

Jane Rule’s Brownies

These are the brownies that Jane Rule used to

dole out to the kids around her swimming pool

on Galiano Island, B.C.

2 cups         white sugar

4 oz             unsweetened chocolate

½ cup           butter

4                  eggs

¼ tsp            vanilla

1 cup            all-purpose flower

1 cup            walnut pieces

Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit

1  Sift the sugar and set aside.

2  Over hot water, melt the chocolate and

    butter and set aside.

3  Beat the eggs until light and frothy, add

    salt, then gradually add the sifted sugar.

4  Fold the mixture into the melted chocolate

    and add the vanilla.

5  Stir in the flour and combine well. Fold in

    the walnut pieces.

6  Bake in a greased 9” x 13” pan at 325 degrees for

    35 minutes.

7. Cool, then cut into squares.

The CanLit Foodbook
Compiled and Illustrated by Margaret Atwood- 1987