John Gregg's Brownies

Adapted from "Beat This!" by Anne Hodgman

Butter a 9" round or an 8" square pan.

Mix, with an electric mixer for a while:

1 cup sugar
2 eggs
a pinch of salt
a good dollop of vanilla

Meanwhile, melt over very low heat:

1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)

When it is mostly melted, add:

4 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips (I use Ghirardelli)
4 oz unsweetened chocolate

Melt the chocolates and the butter together
until smooth. Turn off the heat when it is almost
completely melted, and stir - the remaining lumps
will melt.

Mix the butter/chocolate mixture into the egg/sugar
mixture. Add:

1/2 cup flour
almost a cup of walnut pieces, depending your preference

Spread batter in pan and bake at 375 for 20-30 minutes.
Use a toothpick to determine doneness. Unlike testing a
cake, if the toothpick comes out completely clean, the
brownies are overdone. Err on the side of underdone.