Katherine Hepburn's Brownies

Source: http://www.survivingoz.com

Ingredients
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
1/4 tsp salt
250g unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp ground instant coffee
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
18 squares milk chocolate

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160C

2. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan and line the bottom and sides with wax paper

3. In a bowl, whisk the flour, cinnamon and salt together

4. In a heavy bottom saucepan placed over very low heat, put the butter in. When butter starts to melt, sift cocoa over it and add the instant coffee. Stir until mixture is well blended. Remove from heat and cool for about 3 minutes

5. Using a whisk, beat the eggs into the saucepan. Next, stir in the sugar and vanilla (don't beat anything too vigorously - you don't want to add air to the batter), followed by the dry ingredients, nuts and chopped chocolate. Scrap the batter into the baking pan

6. Bake for 35 minutes, at which point the brownies will still be gooey but the top will have a dry papery crust. Transfer pan to cooling rack and let it cool for 30 minutes. Turn the brownies out onto a rack, peel away the paper and transfer onto a cutting board. Cool completely before cutting into 16 squares.