The best brownies

Name: The best brownies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 90 g (3 oz) butter; 120 g (4 oz) dark chocolate; 2 eggs, beaten; 225 g (8 oz) sugar; 90 g (3 oz) flour; 50 g (2 oz) hazelnuts or macadamia nuts, toasted and crushed, or pecan nuts, crushed; 50 g (2 oz) hazelnuts or macadamia nuts, toasted and crushed, or pecan nuts, crushed; 50 g (2 oz) hazelnuts or macadamia nuts, toasted and crushed, or pecan nuts, crushed

Preparation info

Makes about
10
brownies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Chocolate

By Trish Deseine

Published 2003

About

One of America’s best-known and most popular cakes. Forget the horrible “mixes” and “kits” once and for all, and make your own brownies, using real chocolate.

Ingredients

90 g (3 oz) butter
120 g (4

Americas
United States
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 4. Grease a 20 cm (8 inch) square baking tin or a rectangular gratin dish of roughly the same capacity.

Melt the butter and chocolate in a microwave oven or bain-marie and leave to cool slightly. Add the beaten eggs, followed by the s