The Yummiest Brownies Recipe

As requested by the lovely Locket, I am going to hand on the recipe for my famous brownies. Its a slightly modified version of the recipe from a book called "Cooking Is A Game You Can Eat" by Fay Maschler, which I was given when I was 8. It took me a few years to perfect the recipe, but is the best one I've ever found.

First things first... set your oven to 170C (or 350F).

Now the original recipe calls for a small cake tin, but the original recipe wouldn't feed a Barbie doll, so I've been making quadruple the original amount for years and it fits nicely in a shallow, rectangular roasting pan. Just remember to grease it and line it with baking paper and it will come out clean as a whistle.

Ingredients:
200gms butter (don't use margarine - it makes it taste awful)
200gms dark cooking chocolate (you can use regular, but dark is tastier)
400gms castor sugar
4 eggs (medium sized ones - about 650gms)
200gms plain flour
2tsp vanilla essence
Pinch of salt

Method:
Over a very low heat melt the butter and chocolate in a large saucepan.

Remove from the stove, stir well with a wooden spoon, then stir in the sugar. Add the eggs and the vanilla essence. Beat well. Quickly stir in the flour and salt.

Spread the mixture in the cake tin and cook for 25-30 mins. Remove from the oven and leave it to cool. Don't worry if it sinks - that's how its supposed to go. After about 10 minutes of cooling it in the tin, tip it out on to a cooling rack and remove the baking paper. After another 10 minutes cut it up into squares.

Best served warm with a big glass of milk.

Enjoy!

xo