Cocoa Brownies with Browned Butter and Walnuts

minimally adapted from Bon Appetit

Ingredients:
10 Tbsp butter, cut in pieces
1 1/4c sugar
3/4c unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted
2 tsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/3c flour
1c walnuts, chopped

Directions:
In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Continue to cook until foam decreases and browned bits form at the bottom of the pan, about 5-8 minutes. The butter will look almost caramel-y.

Remove from heat and immediately stir in sugar, cocoa, milk, vanilla, and salt. Stir 1-2 minutes. Allow to cool 1-2 minutes longer, then beat in eggs, one at a time until well incorporated.

Sift in flour and stir until flour is completely stirred in. Add walnuts and stir another 10 or so strokes to mix them in. Pour mixture into an 8×8″ metal baking dish that has been buttered or sprayed with nonstick spray.

Bake at 325 degrees for 25-28 minutes or until a toothpick tests clean (a few moist crumbs are okay, you just don’t want batter). Allow to cool, then slice into 12-16 brownies.