½ c. butter

2 c. sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

2 c. flour

½+ cocoa

1 tsp. baking powder

Melt butter and mix with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend dry ingredients and mix into egg mixture. (Secret ingredient: a generous squirt of Hershy's syrup at this point.) Spread into a greased 9x13 pan. Press nuts or chocolate chips onto the top if desired. Bake for @350 for 20 min.