Chocolate Brownies To Die For...

Chocolate Brownies:

Ingredients  (Makes about 6 chunky brownies)

Still warm... see how fudgy in the middle?

125g butter (unsalted)
125g dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
2 eggs
165g caster sugar
75g plain flour (Gluten free is fine*)
1/2 teaspoon salt
100g chopped walnuts (or white choc chunks)


You will need:
 
A big saucepan / A wooden spoon / Two bowls / A fork / A sieve / A baking tray


Method:

1. Place the dark chocolate and the butter into a big pan, put the hob on a very low setting (I use 1 on an electric hob) and stir with a wooden spoon until it is melted together. Take off the heat and leave to cool.

2. Put the eggs and the sugar into a bowl. Mix well with a fork.

3. Take the other bowl and sieve the flour into it. Add the salt.

Make sure the chocolate/butter mixture is cool and then...

4. Pour the egg/sugar mix into the chocolate/butter mixture in the pan. Beat together with a wooden spoon.

5. Add the flour/salt to the pan.

6. Add the broken up walnuts to the pan. (Or the white chocolate chunks)

7. Beat all the ingredients together in the pan.

Now take a baking tin (or a silicone one) and pour the mixture into it. You will have to decide how deep you want your brownies to be when deciding how big the tray should be. I like them about an inch deep. Flatten the mixture a little with the back of the spoon.

8. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees (170 degrees in a fan oven) for about 25 minutes.

The brownies should look light brown on top and a bit flaky. You need to have a bit of give in the middle, so make sure it wobbles slightly when you nudge the tray. It does look soft! Don't worry! If you cook it for too long the brownies will be dry and that's not what you want! Aim for crunchy-ish at the outside edge, but rather fudgy in the middle.

I put them in the fridge to firm up for a bit if I want brownies that you can eat like a biscuit, but if you can't wait, serve them warm in a bowl with ice cream! Nomnomnom!!!

* I haven't tried a dairy free version of these yet, but I will and I'll report back...
PS If you want to be really naughty - break up a toblerone instead of the white choc chunks... mmmm.

PPS My neighbour's comment on the white chocolate chunk version: "That's the best chocolatey thing I've EVER tasted, and I've tasted a LOT!"