Mississippi  Mud  Brownies
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I think careful cooking is love, don't you?   The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give. - Julia Child
1 cup butter
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 (10.5 ounce) package miniature marshmallows
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup butter
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup milk
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
  2. In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt 1 cup of  butter. Remove from heat and stir in cocoa until smooth. 
  3. Mix in the white sugar, eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in the flour, then fold in pecans and marshmallows. 
  4. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
  5. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until brownies start to pull away from the sides of the pan. Let cool in pan.