Brownies -- Not From a Box

I got this recipe back in 1984.  It wasn't the best of times, but I did manage to get a decent recipe out of it from a very good friend of my mother's.  When I made the recipe the first time, it tasted a little gross, so over the years I've added some of my own details to it and it's a little healthier, and a whole lot tastier!

For reasons I would only tell my therapist, I lived with the lady I got this recipe from in 1983 I believe it was.  She had four great kids that I still keep in touch with on Facebook.  With that many kids, the odds are against us, but is seems like they have all turned out to be functioning adults which is more than I can say for myself at times.  I'll give you her recipe first and then I will give you my changes.

1 stick of margarine
2 oz bittersweet chocolate or 7 heaping tablespoons of Baker's Cocoa
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cups flour
1/2 - 3/4 C nuts

This is the actual photo of the recipe from the album.
 I think I made this up in 1987.

Here is what I did with the recipe over the year:

1/2 C Coconut Oil
7 heaping tblsp Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa
3/4 C Organic Agave Nectar
3 large eggs
2 tsp some kind of Liqeuer
3/4 cups of all purpose flour
1 Pouch of hot cocoa -- favorite flavor "raspberry"
3/4 C nuts

This is what I use for my substitutions. 
You can make the original if you want.

Cream coconut oil, cocoa and nectar together.  Add eggs and liqueuer.  Beat.  Add flour, nuts, mix.  Bake at 350 degrees 20 - 25 mins.  Remove before done.

Removing the brownies before they are done is a little of what makes them moist and delicious.  The flour to egg ratio and the all-purpose flour make the brownies like brownies and not like chocolate cake.  Removing them before they are done allows them not to over cook.  I can't think of anyone I know that likes crunchy brownies.  Not to mention hard brownies.

I got a "newsletter" the other day from the lady that gave me this recipe.  She made it up on her computer with digital photos and a cute font.  I'm sure she believes she is being quite saavy with her digital camera and computer.  I wish she'd just attach the letter to an e-mail so I don't feel so guilty about not reading it and wasting the paper.