{"id":20594,"date":"2016-04-22T01:16:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T05:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=20594"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:23:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:23:13","slug":"katharine-hepburns-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/04\/22\/katharine-hepburns-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"Katharine Hepburn&#8217;s Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20596\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/04\/22\/katharine-hepburns-brownies\/khbrownies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/KHBrownies.jpg?fit=640%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,514\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KHBrownies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/KHBrownies.jpg?fit=640%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/KHBrownies.jpg?resize=640%2C514&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"KHBrownies\" width=\"640\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/KHBrownies.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/KHBrownies.jpg?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Katharine Hepburn went to Bryn Mawr, won 4 Academy Awards, and wore trousers before they were\u00a0fashionable. Personally,\u00a0I think her biggest accomplishment is this\u00a0recipe for brownies. They are fudgey, gooey, and a snap\u00a0to throw together. Make these brownies!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup unsweetened cocoa<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chopped walnuts<\/li>\n<li>pinch of salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 325\u00ba. Grease an 8&#8243; x 8&#8243; pan.<\/li>\n<li>Melt butter in a small saucepan with cocoa, and stir until smooth. Remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes. In a separate bowl, whisk the sugar, flour, nuts, and salt &#8211; set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs, one at a time to the butter\/cocoa mixture until well combined, then add the vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients, and pour into prepared baking pan.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack and cut into bars.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katharine Hepburn went to Bryn Mawr, won 4 Academy Awards, and wore trousers before they were\u00a0fashionable. Personally,\u00a0I think her biggest accomplishment is this\u00a0recipe for brownies. They are fudgey, gooey, and a snap\u00a0to throw together. Make these brownies!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31,1238],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blast-from-the-past","category-lovin-from-the-oven"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5ma","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23425,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/03\/21\/peanut-butter-banana-brownies\/","url_meta":{"origin":20594,"position":0},"title":"Peanut Butter Banana Brownies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"March 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We're back after technical difficulties. 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