Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Chocolate Brownies

I love brownies.  This recipe is quick and easy to make from cupboard ingredients.  This is based on the amazing Standby Brownies by Donna Hay.  I have adjusted ingredient quantities to suit my tastes and needs.

Ingredients
  • 125g butter
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1 cup castor sugar
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1tsp vanilla
  • 1/3 cup almond meal
  • 1/4 cup gluten free flour (if you like a cakey brownie use Self Raising GF Flour, and for a dense rich brownie use plain GF Flour)

Directions
  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees / 160 degrees fan forced.
  • Put butter, cocoa and sugar in a microwave proof mixing jug (1 litre works well) and microwave for 1 minute on medium heat.  Stir and repeat (if required) until butter is melted.
  • Add eggs and vanilla and stir well (spoon is fine).
  • Add almond meal and flour of choice and stir.
  • Pour mix into a lined 20cm square cake tin .
  • Bake for 25-30 mins.  Brownies should be set but still soft in the centre - so don't over do it!
  • Cool in tin.

Suggestions
  • Suitable to freeze
  • Haven't tried yet, but would love to add some chocolate chunks and maybe some chopped macadamia nuts to the mix!