A Guide to a Brownie

Well, with all good intensions of surprising my friend with box of chocolate brownies on her birthday. It didn’t happen.
My car decided it would die on that particular day! As I watched it go up the road on the tow-away truck I felt it saying to me “you ain’t going anywhere!” So I had a quick rethink.
Invited her to dinner at mine.
Cooked a roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings followed by homemade ice cream. Problem solved!
However, I did make the brownies the following day and turned up at her house as pre planned.
Was she pleased? Yes!

So here’s the recipe as promised:

250g/9oz Butter
500g/1lb 2oz Caster sugar
100g/3½oz Cocoa powder
4 Beaten eggs
100g/3½oz Self raising flour

Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over a low heat.
Add the sugar and cocoa powder and cook gently for a few minutes, stirring constantly until dissolved and heated through.
Take off the heat and pour mixture into a mixing bowl.
Allow to cool slightly.
Stir in the beaten eggs and fold in the flour.
Pour mixture into lined (greaseproof paper) 8”x10”/20cm x 25cm baking tray.
Bake in oven for 35-40 mins at 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4, until just firm.
It should be squidgy in the middle.
Allow to cool and turn out onto a clean board.
Cut into 2”/5cm squares.

You’ll need a good cocoa powder for this recipe. Green & Blacks Organic is 100 per cent cocoa.

Shame Baz didn’t get home in time to eat one!

p.s. Robins are still nesting in the garden, despite a very strong interest from the neighbourhood cat! I’m trying to persuade Baz to rig up a webcam so we can see the babies. I’ll wait until he’s finished sulking over the brownies.