Chocolate Brownies

21 Feb 2006   | Afternoon Tea · Chocolate · Dessert

One time Davina came to visit and mentioned her chocolate brownies. So after she got home I asked for the recipe. Davina, being American, shipped me two packets of ready made brownie mix. I’m not really a ready mix kind of guy so I made my own recipe.

Steven Thomas

Chocolate Brownies

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 200 grams dark or plain Chocolate 70% cocoa solids
  • 250 grams butter or 125 grams Butter and cup oil
  • Optional 1/2 cup Strong Black Coffee or Expresso
  • 1/2 - 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 - 1 1/2 cup sugar depending on your sweet tooth
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup nuts e.g. pecans, broken and possibly toasted
  • [Optional] 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • [Optional] 50 grams milk chocolate chunks or bits
  • [Optional] 50 grams white chocolate chunks or bits
  • 1/2 cup nuts broken

Method
 

  1. Pre-heat oven 170º C
  2. Melt, mix, and cool the chocolate, butter and coffee
  3. Add vanilla to chocolate mix
  4. Beat eggs, salt and sugar for 10 minutes
  5. Mix eggs with chocolate
  6. Add flour, nuts, baking powder and chocolate chunks (or bits) to mixture, stir until no lumps (aside from the chocolate)
  7. Pour into greased tray (30 cm by 30 cm, or 30 cm by 20 cm for a thicker version)
  8. Press nuts into top of brownies
  9. Bake for 35 minutes at 170º C
  10. Cut after the cake is cool (neither hot nor cold).

Notes

Makes 16-20. There is an option to turn it into Triple Chocolate Brownies.

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