THE best chocolate brownies.

I have THE best recipe for amazing chocolate brownies time after time, and I would only decide to share it if I was confident enough that it was fool proof.

 

Ingredients- (makes around about 9 -16 squares, depends how big you cut them)

•  100g plain chocolate
•  2 large eggs/ 3 if they're small
•  280g caster sugar
•  125g softened butter
•  half a tsp vanilla or almond essence, depends on which you like best
•  50g self-raising flour
•  25g plain flour
•  2 and a half heaped tbsp of cocoa powder  
  

Method:
1. Heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
2. Cut out some grease proof paper to line your tin and grease with butter or oil.
3. Break the eggs into a jug or a small bowl and beat.
4. Put the sugar, butter and vanilla/almond essence into a seperate large mixing bowl.
5. Whisk the mixture, while adding the eggs carefully, a little at a time, to avoid seperation in the mixture.
6. Sift the self-raising flour, plain flour and cocoa powder into the large mixing bowl and then fold it in using a wooden spoon.
7. Heat water in a pan and place the chocolate in a glass bowl above the pan to melt. Making sure the boiling water does not touch the bottom of the glass bowl, or the chocolate will burn.
8. After the chocolate has melted, add it into the mixture and stir it all in.
9. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for about 35-40 minutes, keeping a close eye on them.
10. After you take them out, leave to cool. Then cut into squares, and perhaps give them a light dusting of icing sugar if you fancy.


Also...
If you wanted to make a chocolate frosting to go on top of the brownies, all you need to do is soften 25g of unsalted butter in a bowl and then add in 3 tbsp of sifted cocoa powder.
Gradually stir in 4 tbsp of boiling water until the mixture is smooth. Then stir in 225g of sifted icing sugar.

The rest is history, they won't last long and you'll be coming back for more!
Good luck! Have a lovely day!:)


Nancy♡