Quick and Easy Brownies

2 cups sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
½ cup cocoa powder (or more to make them more chocolatey)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour (or 1½ cups for more cakey)
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup walnut halves

Melt butter and mix all ingredients in the order given.

Bake at 350⁰ for 20 to 30 minutes in a 9x13 inch greased pan.