Picnic Brownies

1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs
1 3/4 cups flour
2/3 cup walnuts or 2/3 cup pecans or 2/3 cup almonds, chopped
1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oen to 350 degrees.  Grease two 9-inch round pans.  Soften butter.  In a medium bowl, mix butter, cocoa, sugar, vanilla, and salt.  Blend well.  Add eggs one at a time, beating well afar each addition.  Add flour and mix well.
Divide batter equally into prepared pans.  Spread evenly and sprinkle top of each with chopped nuts and chocolate chips. Bake for 25 minutes (do not over bake).  Allow to cool completely before cutting.  Run a thin knife between pan and brownies and turn upside down.  You may need to shake hard to release brownies from pan.  Cut brownies into 8 pie-shaped pieces.  Makes 16 brownies.

Recipe from Kara Jones