4 oz baking chocolate    1 cup butter

4 eggs                            2 cups sugar

½ tsp  of salt                  1 teaspoon of vanilla

1 cup sifted flour

Method:

Preheat oven to 325

Melt chocolate and butter over boiling water, let cool. ( do this in the microwave)

Beat eggs until light; add sugar slowly. When sugar is beaten in, add the chocolate mixture, flour sifted with salt, then vanilla.  pour into greased and lightly floured

9×13 pan.  Bake 25 minutes. Cool. (This can be frozen) You can make the recipe up to this point and freeze it. Or take the recipe to completion and freeze)

Frosting

½ cup butter           4 cups confectioner’s sugar

¼ cup heavy cream      (one small box)

4 tablespoons of sherry 1 cup chopped walnuts

Method:

Beat butter and sugar.  Together add cream and sherry gradually.  When light and fluffy, add walnuts.  Mix well. Spread over the base. Chill in refrigerator.

*** I used one of the frosting recipe to do two bases….

Chilling the bar cookie before cutting and serving makes everything easier.