Cath's Brownies
Ingredients:
125g butter- melted
1 cup sugar**
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs - beaten
3/4 cup SR flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup choc bits*
Method:
Mix butter, sugar, salt, vanilla and eggs with a spoon.
Add the flour and cocoa. Add choc bits.
Pour the mixture into a greased and lined square cake tin
Bake at 180c for 30 minutes or until edges are firm and the centre doesn't wobble - check with a skewer. The top should be crusty and golden, the inside should still be gooey. If you like your brownies a little more "cakey" bake another 5 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool in tin.
Remove from the tin when cold and cut into squares with a sharp knife.
*I use 1/3 cup white, 1/3 cup milk & 1/3 cup dark choc bits (Nestle or Cadbury brand).
**Use vanilla sugar for a better flavour. I make it by splitting six vanilla beans and putting them in a jar with 1kg white sugar and letting it sit for at least four weeks, giving it a shake every couple of days. You can buy it in the baking aisle too.
If you like nuts in your brownies, add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts.
I use Hershey's cocoa, it gives a richer flavour. Use the best cocoa you can find.
125g butter- melted
1 cup sugar**
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs - beaten
3/4 cup SR flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup choc bits*
Method:
Mix butter, sugar, salt, vanilla and eggs with a spoon.
Add the flour and cocoa. Add choc bits.
Pour the mixture into a greased and lined square cake tin
Bake at 180c for 30 minutes or until edges are firm and the centre doesn't wobble - check with a skewer. The top should be crusty and golden, the inside should still be gooey. If you like your brownies a little more "cakey" bake another 5 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool in tin.
Remove from the tin when cold and cut into squares with a sharp knife.
*I use 1/3 cup white, 1/3 cup milk & 1/3 cup dark choc bits (Nestle or Cadbury brand).
**Use vanilla sugar for a better flavour. I make it by splitting six vanilla beans and putting them in a jar with 1kg white sugar and letting it sit for at least four weeks, giving it a shake every couple of days. You can buy it in the baking aisle too.
If you like nuts in your brownies, add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts.
I use Hershey's cocoa, it gives a richer flavour. Use the best cocoa you can find.