Everybody loves chocolate right? And if someone says they don't, they are obviously lying!! This recipe is extremely delicious, and I tend to add so much chocolate to it, that you seriously gain about 5kg from just looking at it!
I went to a cafe with some friends of mine a while ago, and when I tasted this brownie I almost died of happiness! So I just had to get the recipe - and the awesome chef gave it to me - and I have never looked back!! (The chef also said it is the cocoa that makes the chocolate flavour - not actual chocolate - this is why he only uses good quality Cocoa for this.)
Foxy Brownies
300g butter
125g Cocoa (the best quality you can get!) - I usually do half Nestle Baking Cocoa, and half Cadbury Bournville cocoa
4 eggs
500g caster sugar
125g flour
1/4 tsp vanilla (I never add this)
75g chopped hazelnuts (the original recipe had hazelnuts, but as I have small kids, I take out the nuts and add CHOCOLATE!)
First step is to add the cocoa and the butter together, and then melt. I usually do this in my Pyrex jug, in the microwave.
While that is melting, in a bowl, add the sugar and the eggs. Beat with a whisk until it is well combined and has a ribbon like effect.
Add the flour (and vanilla) to the egg/sugar mix, then add the cocoa/butter mix, and mix well (you can keep using the whisk for this, or use a spatula. If using a spatula, you cannot go past the Tupperware Spatula. I swear by it!)
In this batch I am using Cadbury white choc chips, and Reeses Peanut butter chips:
(I got the Reese's at my local IGA for $6 (which is pretty good as I have seen them for $10 elsewhere), and the Cadbury white choc baking chips, I got from the Golden Circle outlet. I have never seen the baking chips at Woolies or Coles before - I usually use the Cadbury White Choc Melts instead.)
Once the mixture is combined - use a spatula to add the chocolate, or the nuts, or whatever you are adding.
Tip it into a lined baking tray, and then into the oven.
Bake at 170°C for 25-30mins. If you like it less "gooey" bake it for 35mins.
Take it out of the oven, let it cool a little and then cut it up. Serve it with some double cream dolloped on top.
My husband said he loved the addition of the Peanut butter chips, as it wasnt as sweet as normal. Me? I love the sweet!!
You can alternate anything into it really - white choc, dark choc, milk choc - you can now buy Nestle Caramal bits, or go with the original hazelnuts.
You can also drizzle some melted white and dark chocolate on the top, (before you cut it up), or simple dust with icing sugar.
I made these brownies a few weeks ago for my awesome cousin for her birthday - and she loved them! (as did her friends who kept coming back for more!)
Happy Baking!
Rach
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