Double Chocolate Brownies
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These brownies are quick, easy, and excellent to make with children. I know that there are many, many recipes out there for chocolate brownies but these are versatile for different toppings of your choice. To take them to the next level try covering them in Chocolate Ganache. (Link at the bottom).
They are not the typical looking fudge brownies and resemble more of a biscuit than a cake. They are however delicious and have people coming back for more and more of them. They are always requested at work whenever there is any bake sale or excuse to do some baking.
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Ingredients
- 225g/4oz Butter or margarine (butter makes for a more rich taste)
- 175g/6oz Granulated sugar
- 350g/12oz Self-raising flour
- 2 tablespoons Cocoa powder (unsweetened chocolate)
- 100g (small bag) Chocolate Chips (milk chocolate)
Tips for Success
1. The butter really needs to be melted slowly over the heat of a pan. If using a microwave, it can be difficult to control and runs the risk of burning. Use boiling water from a kettle in the saucepan to speed up the process.
2. It mentions in the instructions to add orange juice at the point of the sugar combining with the melted butter. I discovered this while experimenting, it is not essential, and the brownies are still great without it. I found however that a quick dash, about 2 tablespoons of from concentrate orange juice just makes them slightly spongier when baked.
3. When pressing into the tin, best use clean hands and fingertips, really gets the mixture into the corners of the tin.
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven at 180oC/ 350oF/gas mark 4
- Melt the butter or margarine slowly in a bowl over hot water. Make sure the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the top of the water.
- When the butter has melted stir in the sugar a little bit at a time until all included. At this point a small amount of orange juice can be added to give a more spongy texture when baked.
- Remove the bowl from the water and add the flour, chocolate chips and the cocoa while stirring.
- Mix well until the mixture resembles a smooth sticky ‘dough’, leaving the side of the bowl clean from the mixture.
- Press this mixture into a Swiss Roll tin, which has been lined with grease proof paper.
- Bake for about 20 minutes until springy to the touch.
- When cooled, cut into squares or desired shapes. The brownies can also be covered in melted chocolate, cream or any other topping which you wish to use. Alternatively these can be eaten on their own without topping.
More Brownie Related Products
Chocolate Ganache
- How to Make a Simple Chocolate Ganache
This is a simple recipe to make a great cake covering or dessert topping.
