Super Chocolate Fudge Chunk Brownies : A Recipe

So, two days ago i made some delicious chocolate brownies with fudge chunks in them and i thought i would share the recipe. I love these brownies, there so squidgy and fudgy and you can add almost anything you want to them - nuts, raisins, marshmallows and there always lovely.

I shall try my best to put in US conversions of the weights but im dealing in grams and ounces not cups.

You Will Need :
225g (80z) of good quality dark chocolate - between 70% and 85% cocoa content
225g (8oz) butter - unsalted is best
300g (11oz) ( 1 and 1/3 cups ) of light golden brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
75g (3oz ) (2/3 cup) plain flour, sifted
1 tsp baking powder

A 9 inch baking tin. I usually use a glass casserole dish but depending on how thick you want your brownies to be, any over safe dish will do.

• Preheat your oven to 180C / Gas Mark 4 / 350F

• Line whatever dish or tin your using with non - stick parchment paper. Sometimes when im lining a dish with this stuff, a put a tiny bit of butter on the dish to help the paper stick to it, because when your trying to pour the mixture in, you dont need the paper flying out.
• Smash up the chocolate into chunks. I hit it with a rolling pin when its still in the packet. You can use chocolate chips or buttons, just make sure there a good quality dark chocolate and just use the same amount. Then you can bypass the fun with the rolling pin.
• Put the chocolate and the butter into a heatproof bowl and set that over a saucepan of simmering water. DONT let the water touch the bowl. Keep stirring until its all melted and combined into a shiny buttery chocolate mixture.
• While thats melting, in another bowl and with an electric beater, whisk the eggs and sugar together for 2-3 minutes until its becomes a lovely golden brown light mixture.
• Slowly add the melted chocolate butter mixture, the add the vanilla extract and continue to whisk until thickened.
• If you wish, this is when you can add some delicious suprises. I like to add chunks of fudge, but you can add nuts, pecans or walnuts work well, marshmallows, cherries...you get the idea. Mix them in with a spoon.
• Add the sifted flour and fold it in. Use a metal spoon with holes in it. This helps to cut through the mixture and keeps the air in the mixture, thus making the brownies beautifully smooth.
• Once all the flour has been mixed in, pour it into the prepared tin or dish and bake in the middle of the over for 30 minutes, until the top is firm and the brownies have come away slightly from the sides.
• Remove and if you have self control ( i dont ), let them cool and then cut them into pieces. Im never neat when i cut my brownies. The recipe says you can get 24 out of this recipe but i usually get about 40 small bite sized ones.
• Enjoy!

Nova