Fudgy chocolate brownies

Name: Fudgy chocolate brownies
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: about 28
Ingredients: 250g unsalted butter; 125g dark chocolate (58 per cent cocoa), chopped; 2 cups castor sugar; 4 large eggs; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 cup plain flour; 1/4 cup dutch cocoa; 1/2 tsp salt; 125g toasted walnuts, chopped; 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips

Caroline Velik

February 14, 2012

Fudgy chocolate brownies.Marina Oliphant

easyTime:1-2 hoursMakes:about 28

Spread the love with a simple chocolate brownie recipe, put together in one pot. The important principle for a perfect brownie is to get the baking time right. Undercooked and it's too gooey; overcooked and it's cake. For maximum flavour, brownies should be taken out of the oven while moist. A skewer inserted will be covered with lots of gooey crumbs. The top should be set, risen and slightly cracked.

Ingredients

250g unsalted butter
125g dark chocolate (58 per cent cocoa), chopped
2 cups castor sugar
4 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup plain flour
1/4 cup dutch cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
125g toasted walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips

Method

Preheat fan-forced oven to 180C (200C conventional). Lightly grease and line a 18cm x 28cm shallow rectangular cake pan. Heat butter and chocolate in a medium saucepan over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time and stir in vanilla. Sift in dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly blended. Stir in walnuts. Pour into prepared pan and sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out covered with lots of gooey crumbs. Then, remove from oven and allow to cool in pan. Cut into rectangles.