Chocolate lovers where are you at? Here’s a quick recipe for brownies, very simple to bake, few ingredients needed not forgetting how moist and delicious it is. Brownies is made of chocolate, semi-sweet cocoa powder and dark chocolate chips. It can be served for breakfast, 10 o’clock tea, 4 o’clock or as a snack with your favourite drink. Scroll down to check the ingredients needed and recipe.
Ingredients you need:
- 1 and 1/2 cup of self-raising flour
- 1/4 cup of cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup of diced dark chocolate
- 4 tablespoons of butter/ margarine
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence
- 1 tablespoon of coffee
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1 cup of brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon of chocolate chips (optional)
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
(In place of self-raising flour you can use all-purpose flour and 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of baking powder)
Recipe:
- Put 1/4 cup of diced chocolate and 4 tablespoons of butter/ margarine on a pan, melt it under medium heat. Stir the chocolate and the butter until they melt. Turn off the heat
- Put the melted butter and chocolate in a bowl, add 3 eggs, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of coffee (it helps bring out that nice chocolate taste in the brownies), and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Mix the butter until it is smooth.
- In a separate bowl, sieve 1 and 1/2 cups of self-raising flour and 1/4 cup of cocoa powder.
- Pour the dry ingredients in the butter and mix it well until it is smooth. The chocolate batter tends to be a little thick but it is okay, make sure there are no lumps.
- Add 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence in the batter and mix.
- Preheat your oven for about 5 minutes at 550F. (It helps the butter to bake evenly)
- Using a brush, grease your baking tin with vegetable oil it helps the cake not to stick to the tin and it will be easier to remove the brownies. Sprinkle cocoa powder on the tin after greasing the tin ( it also helps the cake not to stick to the baking tin)
- Pour the batter on the baking tin and make sure it is even you can spread it evenly using a spatula.
- Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of dark chocolate chips on the batter.
- Put your batter in the oven and bake it for 350F for 20-25 minutes.
- 20 minutes, use a fork to poke the brownies to check if it is fully baked.
- Set your brownies aside and let it cool for 30 minutes before cutting the slices and serving.
- Serve your brownies with a glass juice or hot cup of tea/coffee. Bon appétit.