Brownies… Let’s talk about Brownies! I’m always on the
search for the best recipe and every time I think I have cracked it, I find
another one that seems to beat all others.
When we got back from our visit home from Christmas there
was a red card from the postman in the hall saying we had a package in the
shed. Both of us were confused to what it was but we found the box and
discovered it was a cake tin I had ordered from Billingtons using some codes
that came with the packs of sugar. In the tin was a brownie recipe and I made a
mental note to try it sometime soon.
Fast forward a few days later and I was sorting through the
cupboards when I came across the end of a bag of dried cranberries. I didn’t
want to chuck it cos I hate throwing away food but then I had a lightbulb
moment and thought – cranberries – brownie recipe – time to experiment!
It was so easy. I made up the brownies according to the
recipe, added the dried cranberries and baked it in the oven. The smell coming
from the oven was amazing and they definitely tasted good, so good that I think
this might be my new brownie base recipe.
It’s a perfect way to use up any dried fruit you might have,
thinking about it is really making me crave one right now. The next step is to
try this type of brownie with salted caramel yum! I usually write up blog posts
on my lunch hour and this is making me wish we had a cooker at work then I
could bake at lunchtime – that would be so amazing.
Ok I need to stop dreaming about brownies… here is the recipe.
250g dark muscovado
sugar
200g
unsalted butter
350g dark
chocolate
3 eggs
50g SR flour
75g dried
cranberries
Preheat the
oven to 170°C fan
Grease and line
a 20cm square tin with baking parchment.
Break the
chocolate into chunks and melt it and the butter in a heatproof bowl over a pan
of simmering water.
Whisk the
eggs until pale and fluffy then add the sugar and whisk until thick.
Once the
chocolate is melted fold this into the eggy/sugar mixture.
Sift in the
flour and fold in until the mixture is smooth.
Gently fold
in the cranberries and pour into the tin.
Bake in the
oven for around 35 minutes until there is a firmness on top but still a wee bit soft.
Remove from
the oven and leave to cool in the tin.
Once cool
cut into portions and enjoy. You might find it hard to eat only one!
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