1 1/4   cups flour

1/2 tsp. baking  powder

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup butter

1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup chopped pecans (walnuts good too) 

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease a 13 x 9 x 2" baking pan.  Sift flour, baking powder and salt.  Set aside.  Stir together softened butter, brown sugar and eggs in large sauce pan and bring to a boil over low heat.  Remove from heat and stir in flour mixture, vanilla and pecans.  Spread batter in prepared pan.  Bake 22 or 25 minutes or until golden and edges begin to pull from sides of pan.  Cool on rack and cut into bars.