Recipe #7 of NEWrecipes52 ...

Until yesterday, I'd never baked Brownies before. What? Seriously? I know! Even with all my years of baking experience, never before have these gooey, chewy squares of chocolaty heaven been created in my kitchen.

My recipe came from The Primrose Bakery Book (cute cover, eh?) ...


The Primrose Bakery is a real place, in London and whilst I've never been there, I adore their recipes. Here's a snapshot of some of the key ingredients ...

285g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids)
115g butter
450g light soft brown sugar
6 eggs
160g plain flour
1.5 tbsp instant espresso powder
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
230g dark chocolate chips

You can't really go wrong with LOTS of chocolate and LOTS of butter ...


The chocolate and butter is melted over a bowl of simmering water. Whilst this is happening, whisk up the eggs with vanilla extract. In a separate bowl combine the sugar and espresso powder. Add the egg mixture to the sugar, stir and then add the [by now] cooled chocolate, sift in the flour, baking powder and salt and combine together with a wooden spoon. Lastly, add the chocolate chips (if using) ...



Pour the batter into a rectangular baking tin or similar. Now I don't have any rectangular tins, but I do own an oven proof glass dish that I usually bake lasagna in. It did the trick perfectly. This is the gooey mix prior to baking ...


And 40 minutes [at 150oC] later, here's how it looked ...


A further 30 minutes later and here's how it looked, along with a big dollop of whipped cream on top for good measure ...


It was still slightly warm, the top and sides had just the right amount of crunch and the centre was soft, moist and oh so gooey ... yum! My Brownies were seriously tasty and I'm definitely going to be making them again. I'm just kicking myself for not having baked them sooner!

NB. Please excuse the graininess of my photos; I used the camera on my phone again rather than my "proper" camera!