Chocolate Brownie!!!

It’s heartfelt to see your 2 year old licking and enjoying the chocolate brownie you just made an hour back. To see the brownie smothered all over her mouth and those little teeth go all brown, was enough an appreciation..

It’s one of the easiest recipes and never thought making a brownie would be so damn easy. Thanks to Donna Hay (Australian food stylist, author and magazine editor) and Aashna Khanum (my colleague) who helped me get my hands on this recipe.

The pictures are disastrous and would take care next time. But, my mobile camera can do only this much.  I need to buy a good digital camera (have one, but that’s also not that good)


 

right out of the oven



Chocolate Brownie

Ingredients               

Dark chocolate	200 gms	Chopped
Butter	250 gms	Chopped
Brown Sugar	310 gms	1 ¾ cups
Eggs	4
Cocoa powder	35 gms	1/3 cup (sifted)
All-purpose flour	185 gms	1 ¼ cup (sifted)
Baking powder	1/3 tspn

Method

1.    Preheat oven to 180°C

2.    Place the chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat and stir until smooth. Allow to cool slightly

3.    Place all the other ingredients in a bowl. Add the chocolate mixture and stir until combined. It should form a smooth mixture

4.    Pour into a 20-cm square baking tin (greased beforehand)

5.    Bake for 45 to 50 minutes (keep checking with knife until knife withdraws clean) @ 210°C

6.    Let it rest in the oven for 15 – 20 minutes

7.    Make even slices and serve warm or cold..  

Note: I added some dry-roasted almonds and raisins to the final mixture to add some crunchiness to the brownie (would have liked to use walnuts, but didn’t have them)