Makes 15

3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup sifted flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9″ square tin.

Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.

Sift together flour, cocoa and salt. Add to creamed mixture, blending well.  Spread evenly in tin.

Bake for 35 minutes or until done–a wooden toothpick or skewer inserted in the middle should come out almost clean, with just a couple of crumbs clinging to it. Cool in tin on rack. Cut 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 inch bars when cold.