My wonderul (and lactose-intolerant) husband was out of town for a few days last week. I hate to admit it, but I took every opportunity to eat dairy. I had fresh mozzarella with homegrown tomatoes and basil. I slathered too much butter on ears of corn and decided to be terribly decadent and make these browned butter brownies. I adapted this easy recipe from Bon Appetit. I added a bit more salt; I find that most dessert recipes go too lightly on the salt. And, I switched out pecans for the walnuts; I just love them more and think they play better with chocolate. Browned Butter Brownies Makes 16 brownies Ingredients

• Non stick cooking spray
• 10 tablespoons salted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup, plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup toasted pecans, roughly chopped

Directions Position oven rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 325 F. Line a 8 x 8 x 2-inch metal baking pan with foil, pressing foil firmly against pan sides and leaving 2-inch overhang. Coat foil with nonstick spray.   In a medium bowl, combine sugar, cocoa powder, water, vanilla and salt; set aside. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Continue cooking until butter stops foaming and browned bits form at bottom of pan, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; and pour over sugar mixture. Stir to blend. Let cool 5 minutes (mixture will still be hot). Add eggs to hot mixture 1 at a time, beating vigorously to blend after each addition. When mixture looks thick and shiny, add flour and stir until blended. Beat vigorously 60 strokes. Stir in pecans. Transfer batter to prepared pan.   Bake brownies until toothpick inserted into center comes out almost clean (with a few moist crumbs attached), about 25 minutes. Cool in pan on rack for at least 20 minutes. Using foil overhang, lift brownies from pan. Cut into 4 strips. Cut each strip crosswise into 4 brownies. Store airtight at room temperature.