Best Brownies

Okay so my mom makes pretty much killer brownies, BUT it just makes so many.  I mean that really isn't a problem, but it kind of is when there are only two of us at the house, and it only takes us a day to go through the pan.   So I have been on the search for a recipe almost as good as my mom's that makes less.  So here is what I have come up with. 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING (recipe follows) 

Instructions

• Heat the oven to 350 and great a 9x9 pan
• Stir the butter, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl.  Add the eggs.  Stir the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; and gradually add the egg mixture.  Stir in nuts.  Put in 9x9 pan. 
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the brownies start to pull away from the side of the pan.  
• Make delicious frosting and spread on brownies.  

Frosting

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
3 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1 tablespoon light corn syrup or honey
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Directions

Mix it all together adding powder sugar and milk until it reaches the proper consistency. Makes about a cup.