1/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter, sugar and egg together in a medium-sized bowl. Mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the butter mixture. Stir in the vanilla and pecans; spoon into a well-greased 8x8 inch baking pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Do not over bake.
For a variation, you can add 1/2 cup chocolate chips to mixture before baking.