Sharon's Famous Passover Brownies

Ingredients

 * 2 	 	Slightly beaten eggs
 * 1 	cup 	Sugar
 * 1/4 	cup 	Cocoa powder
 * 1/4 	tsp 	Salt
 * 1/2 	cup 	Cooking oil
 * 1/2 	cup 	Matzo cake meal
 * 1/2 	cup 	Semisweet chocolate pieces
 * 1/2 	cup 	Coarsely chopped nuts (opt)
 * Dark Chocolate Glaze (opt)

Directions

 * 1) In mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar, cocoa powder and salt.
 * 2) Add oil to mixing bowl and blend well.
 * 3) Stir in the matzo cake meal and chocolate pieces.
 * 4) Stir in nuts, if desired.
 * 5) Line an 8x8x2" baking pan with foil.
 * 6) Grease lightly.
 * 7) Turn batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
 * 8) Bake at 325°F for 25 to 30 minutes or till done (top will be shiny and edges dry).
 * 9) Let cool in pan on wire rack.
 * 10) Meanwhile, prepare glaze if desired.
 * 11) Spread over cooled brownies.
 * 12) Dark chocolate glaze: in a small heavy saucepan or skillet, melt 1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces over low heat.
 * 13) Remove from heat and stir in 1 tsp butter or margarine.
 * 14) In a small bowl, dissolve ½ tsp instant coffee crystals in 1 tbsp hot water.
 * 15) Stir in 3 tbsp dairy sour cream and ¼ tsp maple flavoring.
 * 16) Add sour cream mixture to chocolate, stirring till smooth and shiny.
 * 17) Makes about ¾ cup.<BR>
 * 18) Note: for a regular brownie, you can substitute ¾ cup all purpose flour for the matzo cake meal and add 1 tsp vanilla.<BR>
 * 19) Also, you can double the recipe.<BR>
 * 20) Use a 13x9x2" baking pan and bake batter for about 30 minutes.<BR>
 * 21) Brownie ice cream pie: prepare brownie batter as directed.<BR>
 * 22) Line a 9" pie plate with foil and grease lightly.<BR>
 * 23) Turn batter into pie plate.<BR>
 * 24) Bake at 325°F for 30 minutes.<BR>
 * 25) Remove from oven.<BR>
 * 26) Using the back of a wooden spoon dipped in cocoa powder, press hot brownies down, then gradually outward and evenly up the sides of pie plate.<BR>
 * 27) Cool, then freeze till firm.<BR>
 * 28) Make dark chocolate glaze while crust is freezing; cool glaze to room temperature.<BR>
 * 29) Lift shell from plate; remove foil.<BR>
 * 30) Fill with ½ gal of slightly softened ice cream or frozen yogurt, adding a middle layer of the glaze and more chopped nuts.<BR>
 * 31) Sharon winstein and her friend louise levitt created these flour-free brownies for their first temple cooking class.<BR>
 * 32) For a twist, make the brownie ice cream pie.