Chocolate Brownies

We are all chocolate lovers in my family, are you?

We probably prefer dark chocolate to milk, and these are my favourite brownies to make as they are chewy, fudgey and delicious. You can whip them up quickly when friends are heading over or you need a fast sweet treat for dessert; warm with ice-cream.

Chocolate Brownies

Prep time: 10 mins, Cook time: 30 mins – Serves 12

Ingredients

125g (1/2 cup) unsalted butter or subs dairy-free Nuttelex buttery

220g (1 cup) caster sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

25g (1/4 cup) cocoa powder

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

40g (1/3 cup) plain flour, sifted or subs gluten-free flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

220g couverture dark chocolate, callebaut or other good quality chocolate, coursely chopped or subs milk chocolate chips.

Method

Preheat oven to 180 C and line a 23cm square cake tin with baking paper.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat.

Remove pan from the heat and stir in the sugar, eggs, cocoa and vanilla.

Stir in the flour, salt and add chocolate.

Pour in the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes, (don’t overcook – the brownies should be moist).

Allow brownies to cool COMPLETELY in the tin before turning out and cutting into squares.

Serving suggestion: You can top with melted chocolate and roasted nuts like pecans or almonds.