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Chocolate brownies

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Chocolate brownies are meant to be gooey in the middle and this simple recipe shows you exactly when it's time to take the brownies out of the oven. These brownies are made with delicious dark chocolate

Makes: 24
Prep time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Skill level: Easy peasy
Costs: Cheap as chips

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Ingredients

If your chocolate brownies are getting a bit stale, give them a 10 second blast in the microwave and serve warm with a scoop of ice cream.

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2 x 100g bars dark chocolate
100g (4oz) unsalted butter, very soft
250g (9oz) caster sugar
4 large free range eggs, beaten to mix
1tsp vanilla essence
60g (just under 2 1/2oz) plain flour
60g (just under 2 1/2oz) cocoa powder
15cm (6in) square brownie tin or baking tin greased and base-lined

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Break up the dark chocolate. Put into a heatproof bowl and melt gently.
Remove the bowl from the heat and leave to cool until needed.
Put the butter and sugar into the bowl of a food mixer and beat until fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla essence.
Spoon the cooled melted chocolate onto the mixture then mix in thoroughly. Sift the flour and cocoa onto the mixture and gently stir in.
When completely combined spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and spread evenly.
Bake in the heated oven for about 20 mins until 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.
Remove the tin from the oven and set on a wire cooling rack. Leave the chocolate brownies to cool completely before cutting into pieces. Delicious eaten warm with ice-cream. Store the brownies in an airtight container and eat within 4 days.

By Divine Heavenly Chocolate Recipes with a Heart by Linda Collister

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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ginab

12:42 PM on 12 August, 2011

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I made these today, but use 100g dark and 100g milk choc, also added chopped nuts in. They are delicious and ill be making these again!

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Susan Robinson Hamilton

3:20 PM on 16 May, 2011

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I love this Brownie recipe as its easy to make and my son is a fussy eater and LOVES it. It is so nice to make it with his help. I have done this and added smarties into it as my son loves it like that and its a nice extra little treat. My Otherhalf likes me to throw a few chocolate borboms into as well.So i end up having to make around 3 of theses each time i make them as everyone loves diff things in them. My family love this as well. Over Easter my mum called me one afternoon asking for choc brownies she said she had to haev them NOW! SO i had to s tart baking them and sent them to her's in a cab as she needed them that much. :) x

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oddbobs

10:27 AM on 30 April, 2011

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I thought it was very gooey in the middle but turned the oven off and left them in to cool when cool the chocolate set and was very moist and gooey in the middle easy and brilliant recipe ! thanks

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alicia

4:21 PM on 5 April, 2011

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These brownies are the best brownies I have evere tasted!
I took them to school, so my friends could try them and they said the were AMAZING! That's exactly why i'm going to bake them tonight again!
My mum's on her way to tesco to get the ingrediants for me!
And another great thing...they didn't take long at all, they were easy to make and also fast to make! :)

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Jolene goodtoknow Editor

2:08 PM on 15 February, 2011

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Did you know... this is our top-rated brownie recipe on goodtoknow

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Mariam

4:00 PM on 31 December, 2010

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i just made this recipe and it smells delicouse but i have one concern in the centre of the tin i poked a knife to see if it was cooked and for some reason it was still very very gooey and uncooked even though i left it in for 40 min. is it ment to be like this? or has something gone wrong? any ideas? but the egdes were cooked perfectly.

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aga

10:50 PM on 22 December, 2010

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I was using different tin so played a bit with the baking time and left them for too mong int he oven. brownies were not gooey at all :( so i cut them in half and added some dates mashed with rum n a bit of orange juice.

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GTK Recipes editor

4:26 PM on 1 November, 2010

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Hi pm, yes you can freeze brownies. To freeze brownies, cool completely, but do not cut into individual servings. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, then wrap again with foil. Freeze up to 3 months. When ready to serve, thaw at room temperature before cutting into individual servings.

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pm

11:09 AM on 31 October, 2010

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can you freeze brownies

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Emma

9:41 AM on 23 October, 2010

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I made these brownies yesterday and they are absolutely gorgeous! I melted the butter though and then mixed in the sugar and chocolate, which made it really fudgey and soft in the middle. I also added mini marshmallows, which completely melted during cooking and you couldn't tell i'd even used them! Fantastic recipe though!

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