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Chocolate Brownie
I've tweaked this recipe rather from the 2010 original, reducing the sugar, increasing the flour, and changing to a solid fat. I usually use butter now, but any solid fat would work as you can't actually taste that it's butter
If you'd still like to use the original quantities, they were
200ml oil
200g chocolate
85g flour
250g sugar
3 eggs
chocolate brownie
- 200 ml oil
- 200 g dark chocolate (broken up )
- 85 g Self-raising flour (sifted )
- 250 g sugar
- 3 eggs
Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Line a 25cm square baking tin with greaseproof paper. In a large bowl over some simmering water, melt the chocolate and stir until smooth.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, and sugar and oil, then add this to the chocolate, mixture. Stir together well. Beat the eggs and mix in until you have a smooth consistency.
Pour your brownie mix into the baking tray, and place in the oven for around 25 minutes. You don't want to overcook them so, they should be slightly springy on the outside but still gooey in the middle. Allow to cool in the tray, then transfer to a chopping board and cut into 20 squares.
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