IOWA BROWNIES

This is more of a "cake" than a brownie. And is "missing something" without the icing!

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter or margarine, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 (1 lb) can chocolate syrup (I use Hershey's Chocolate syrup)
4 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup chopped nuts, optional

Cream together butter and sugar till fluffy. Beat in syrup, then eggs one at a time. Beat in flour gradually. Fold in nuts.

Pour into greased 13x9-inch cake pan. They do not rise much. (Original recipe calls for 15x10-inch jelly roll pan and 25 minutes baking time. Pan will be full but they do not rise.)

Bake at 350 degrees about 30-40 minutes. When cooled, frost with:

ICING FOR IOWA BROWNIES:
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/3 cup evaporated milk*
1/2 cup chocolate morsels*

In saucepan combine butter, sugar and evaporated milk. Bring to boil. Boil one minute. Stir in chocolate morsels and heat and stir until melted. Frosting will be thin and glossy, but sets up on the brownies. Frost brownies RIGHT AWAY with wet knife. (In hot weather, place in refrigerator for about 20 minutes to aid in "setting up")

*Can substitute 1/4 cup milk with Hershey's syrup to taste, but not as good as above.