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.
Chocolate Brownies
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
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven 170º C
- Melt, mix, and cool the chocolate, butter and coffee
- Add vanilla to chocolate mix
- Beat eggs, salt and sugar for 10 minutes
- Mix eggs with chocolate
- Add flour, nuts, baking powder and chocolate chunks (or bits) to mixture, stir until no lumps (aside from the chocolate)
- Pour into greased tray (30 cm by 30 cm, or 30 cm by 20 cm for a thicker version)
- Press nuts into top of brownies
- Bake for 35 minutes at 170º C
- 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.