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This recipe screams with calories. Very rich, very good, and very fattening.

Dieters Beware Brownies

First Layer:
1 (1-ounce) square unsweetened chocolate
1/4 cup butter
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cups chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter a 9-inch square pan. In the top of a double boiler over hot water, combine chocolate with butter; stir until melted. In a small bowl, beat egg and sugar; slowly beat into chocolate mixture. Stir in flour and nuts. Remove from heat and spread onto bottom or prepared pan.

Bake 20 minutes, remove from oven, and cool on a wire rack.

Second Layer:
1/4 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 to 4 tablespoons whipping or heavy cream

In a medium bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla extract and enough cream to make mixture spreadable. Spread evenly onto top of first layer.

Third Layer:
1 (1-ounce) square unsweetened chocolate
1/4 cup butter

In the top of a double boiler over hot water, melt chocolate and butter. Remove from heat and drizzle onto top of second layer, tilting pan so that chocolate covers the white cream layer completely and evenly. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until chocolate is hardened. Cut into 2-inch squares and remove from pan.

Yields 2 dozen bars.