This chocolate brownies recipe is for those that love chocolate. This recipe for brownies makes around 12 chocolate brownies for you to enjoy.
Ingredients – 12 brownies
- Plain flour: 90g
- Cocoa powder: 20g
- Icing sugar: 150g
- Dark chocolate (min 70% cocoa solids): 150g
- Butter: 90g
- Golden syrup: 40g
- Eggs (large): 2
- Vanilla extract drops
Getting everything ready
- Neatly line a 20cm x 20cm x 3cm baking tin with tin foil, ensure the foil comes up higher than the sides of the tin. Lightly grease the foil with a touch of butter.
- Break the chocolate into small pieces and place in a clean bowl.
- Break the eggs into a clean jug and beat together.
- Pre-heat the oven to 175°C (Gas Mark 4).
Method
- Add the butter and syrup to the bowl with the chocolate and place over a saucepan of warm water to melt slowly, stirring from time to time.
- While the chocolate and butter are slowly melting, sift the plain flour, icing sugar and cocoa powder into a large mixing bowl and mix together using a large wooden spoon.
- When the chocolate mixture has totally melted, stir well to ensure it is lovely and smooth. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Stir the chocolate mixture into the dry ingredients, add the beaten eggs and a few drops of vanilla extract and beat the mixture well until it is lovely and smooth.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Use a small dinner knife to ensure that it spreads evenly.
- Place the tin in the centre of the pre-heated oven and bake the chocolate brownies for about 20–25 minutes. Remove the chocolate brownies from the oven and allow to cool in the tin.
- When cool, remove the chocolate brownies from the tin by lifting the tin foil. Place it on top of a chopping board and carefully slide off from the foil.
- Carefully cut the brownies into the size pieces you require – try to keep the chocolate brownies quite small as they are very rich.
- Dust the chocolate brownies lightly with a little extra icing sugar and finish by dusting very lightly with a touch of cocoa powder.
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