Palmer House Brownies

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2: Butter and flour a 8 x 8 x 2 inch baking pan. Melt chocolate and butter in saucepan over medium heat, stirring often; cool to lukewarm. Using and electric mixer, bat sugar and eggs in large bowl until blended (1 minute). Whisk in melted chocolate mixture. Sift dry ingredients (flour - salt) over the mixture and then fold in to blend. Transfer batter to prepared baking pan. Sprinkle walnut over and press into batter.

Step 3: Bake brownies until edges are raised and cracked and tester inserted into center comes out with some moist batter attached - 45 minutes. Melt apricot preserves in a small skillet over medium heat; strain; brush melted jam over brownies. Cool one hour and then transfer to refrigerator and chill until cold (2 hours). ***can be made 3 days ahead; covered and keep chilled.

Step 4: Cut into 16 brownies and serve chilled.