Chocolate Brownies
Serves 15
Ingredients
200g (8 rows) Dark Cooking Chocolate, chopped
125g butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over simmering water or in the microwave oven on Medium (50% power) power for 2-3 minutes.
2. Stir in the sugar, vanilla essence and the eggs. Mix well. Add the flour and nuts, and stir well.
3. Pour the mixture into a lined 28 x 18 cm slab pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes.
4. Leave in the pan to cool. Dust liberally with icing sugar before serving.
5. Note: If serving as a dessert, allow to cool in the pan for 20 minutes before cutting into pieces. Sandwich pieces together with some ice cream and serve with Chocolate Sauce.
Serves 15
Ingredients
200g (8 rows) Dark Cooking Chocolate, chopped
125g butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over simmering water or in the microwave oven on Medium (50% power) power for 2-3 minutes.
2. Stir in the sugar, vanilla essence and the eggs. Mix well. Add the flour and nuts, and stir well.
3. Pour the mixture into a lined 28 x 18 cm slab pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes.
4. Leave in the pan to cool. Dust liberally with icing sugar before serving.
5. Note: If serving as a dessert, allow to cool in the pan for 20 minutes before cutting into pieces. Sandwich pieces together with some ice cream and serve with Chocolate Sauce.