Ingredients

The following ingredients have 24 Servings
  • 200g dark chocolate
  • 100g unsalted butter, very soft
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 4 large free range eggs, beaten to mix
  • 1tsp vanilla essence
  • 60g plain flour
  • 60g cocoa powder

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 180C, gas 4. Break up the dark chocolate into chunks. Put the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and place the bowl on top of a saucepan filled with a quarter or less of water. Make sure the water doesn't touch the base of the bowl. Turn the heat up on the hob at a low temperature and simmer the water. This will melt the chocolate in the bowl. Continue to stir until all the chocolate has melted. Do not have the heat up too high otherwise, it will melt the chocolate. 
  • You can also opt to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.goodto.com/food/how-to/how-to-melt-chocolate-585857" target="_blank">melt chocolate in the microwave(opens in new tab)</a>. Place in a heatproof bowl, cook in bursts of 10/20 seconds stirring each time. Do not overheat or overcook otherwise the chocolate will burn. Leave to cool until needed but don't let the chocolate set as you need it to be melted to add to the brownie mix.
  • Put the butter and sugar into the bowl of a food mixer and beat until fluffy. You can also use a hand whisk or beat by hand using a wooden spoon. Gradually beat in the eggs, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla essence.
  • Spoon the cooled melted chocolate into the mixture then mix it thoroughly. Sift the flour and cocoa powder into the mixture and gently fold in. The technique of folding is to get as much air into the mixture as possible. The best way to achieve this is by using a big spoon or spatula and mixing the brownie batter with slow motion and big stirs moving around the bowl gently.
  • When completely combined, spoon the mixture into a greased and lined tin and spread the mixture evenly with the back of a spoon or spatula.
  • Bake in the heated oven for about 20 mins until the chocolate brownies are firm to the touch but still a bit fudgy. The chocolate will continue to cook slightly for a few mins after coming out of the oven so the brownies will become a bit more firm once they are out of the oven.
  • Remove the tin from the oven and set it on a wire cooling rack. Leave the chocolate brownies to cool completely before cutting them into pieces. Store the brownies in an airtight container and eat within 4 days.