Serves 8
In order to make a brownie sundae, you need a divine chocolate sauce and a dependable brownie recipe. These recipes are adapted from the popular ''Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts," which has been reissued by Andrews McMeel Publishing (www.andrewsmcmeel.com). The sauce was given to Heatter by California author Paula Wolfert, who based it on a recipe from French chef Michael Guerard. Heatter's brownies are the ones she has been making since she was 10 years old. ''People who barely knew me, knew my Brownies," she writes. To make sundaes, arrange large squares or triangles of brownie in shallow bowls, add a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and finish by spooning chocolate sauce on top. The sauce makes a scant 2 cups, the brownies enough for this recipe with lots left over.
