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Lorraine Pascale, star of BBC show Baking Made Easy, has a soft spot for brownies. 'When I was eight, chocolate brownies were my life,' she says. Try this clever cookies and cream mix for something different
Ingredients
165g (5 1/2oz) butter, plus extra for greasing
200g (7oz) dark chocolate, grated or finely chopped
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
Seeds of 1 vanilla pod or 2 tsp vanilla extract
165g (5 1/2oz) soft light
brown sugar
2 tbsp plain flour
1 tbsp cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
154g pack of oreo biscuits, broken into quarters
Icing sugar, for dusting
20cm (8in) square baking tin
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You can substitute oreos for toasted walnuts, pecans or sprinkle the brownies with honeycomb.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 6 with the middle shelf ready. Grease the baking tin, then line with baking paper with the paper overlapping the sides a little.
Melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat. When the butter has melted, remove the pan from the heat and add the grated chocolate.
Leave to stand for a few minutes until the chocolate goes soft then stir together. Alternatively, you can put the chocolate and butter in bowl and melt in the microwave in 25-second blasts, stirring well each time.
Whisk the eggs, egg yolks and vanilla together in a large bowl until they begin to get light and fluffy. Add the sugar in two additions whisking between each. Pour it around the side of the egg mix so as not to knock out the air that has been whisked in to it. Keep whisking until the mixture becomes stiffer. Once the egg mixture is ready pour the chocolate into it, again around the sides so as not to knock the air out.
Add the flour, cocoa powder, salt and a third of the oreos and stir until fully combined, then pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Scatter the remaining oreos over the top, pressing them in slightly. Bake in the oven for 25–30 minutes. The middle should be very so slightly gooey. Leave the brownies to cool in the tin. The top will sink and crack a little.
Pull the brownies out using the overlapping paper and cut the brownies into squares. Dust with icing sugar.
Taken from Baking Made Easy by Lorraine Pascale (Harper Collins, £18.99)
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Your comments
Kath62
Oh My God !!! wasn't convinced by the Oreo's but hey ho you haven't let me down yet, I made them yesterday NON left today they are the best Brownie's I have ever tasted another batch to make today, Thankyou Loz xxx
tracey110
i will be making these as a fathers day treat for my hubby, as i can get my 3 boys involved in making their dad a special gift and i like to bake with my boys i love the mess they make and their faces when they see the finished product
Rosebud
absolutely awful, never again
lisa41948
Made these this evening, very easy, looked good and were super chocolately!! x
amyloufitz
These are GORGEOUS! v.moreish. made them with chocolate cream oreos aswell (the shop didnt have the vanilla ones) still gorgeous!
louisefeet
This is such an easy recipe and tastes so yummy! I served it warm with vanilla ice cream for pudding and we all loved it.
Your comments
Kath62
Oh My God !!! wasn't convinced by the Oreo's but hey ho you haven't let me down yet, I made them yesterday NON left today they are the best Brownie's I have ever tasted another batch to make today, Thankyou Loz xxx
tracey110
i will be making these as a fathers day treat for my hubby, as i can get my 3 boys involved in making their dad a special gift and i like to bake with my boys i love the mess they make and their faces when they see the finished product
Rosebud
absolutely awful, never again
lisa41948
Made these this evening, very easy, looked good and were super chocolately!! x
amyloufitz
These are GORGEOUS! v.moreish. made them with chocolate cream oreos aswell (the shop didnt have the vanilla ones) still gorgeous!
louisefeet
This is such an easy recipe and tastes so yummy! I served it warm with vanilla ice cream for pudding and we all loved it.