Recipe: Best Loved Brownies

2 cups white sugar

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup baking cocoa

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

2 tablespoons light corn syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup chopped walnuts or your favorite nuts (optional)

1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

4 teaspoons water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and sugar (instead of flour use sugar to prepare the pan) a 9x13-inch baking pan.

Combine white sugar, flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder in a bowl. Whisk oil, eggs, corn syrup, and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture; fold in your favorite nuts. 

Spread into prepared baking pan.

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.