Chocolate brownies

Chocolate brownies

olive food guru Lulu Grimes shares the secret to cooking the best squidgy brownies

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12 pieces

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line a 22cm square brownie tin with baking parchment. Melt the butter and chocolate together in a microwave or in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Cool to room temperature. Whisk the eggs and sugar together until the mixture is light and fluffy.
  2. Fold the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and sift on the flour, baking powder and cocoa. Fold this in to give a fudgy batter. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the top is cracked but the middle just set. Cool completely, then lift out of the tin and cut.
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Variations

Add any of the following to the final mix: 100g chopped white or milk chocolate chunks; 100g toasted roughly chopped hazelnuts or pecans; 2 handfuls of baby marshmallows; grated orange zest; 1 tbsp espresso coffee. Or push some raspberries into the mix when it's in the tin, or drizzle the top of the cooked brownies with melted chocolates.

PER SERVING

302 kcalories, protein 4.25g, carbohydrate 40.5g, fat 14.7 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 0.9g, salt 0.3 g

Recipe from olive magazine, June 2010.

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  • Binder photo Madhouse

    17 March 2013

    Madhouse rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made these a couple of times now. I generally just use all the ends of chocolate up and they come out fab. Kids take them in their lunch boxes as a treat and we have them with cream as a dessert.... Very easy treat that keeps well in airtight container.

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  • Binder photo Georgie Mayy

    18 March 2013

    Georgie Mayy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This recipe is amazing!!! I used about 150g of dark chocolate, half bournville and half bourneville raisin and rum (fridge was running low on stocks) and also replaced the plain flour + baking powder for 100g of self raising AND I used standard white sugar insted of caster sugar, so basically I followed to recipe as best I could with what was in the cupboard. Once everything was mixed in I added about two shots worth of Dissarrono to give it a little extra kick. They taste like haven on earth, they took about 35 mins in my oven but so worth the wait! Highly recommend this recipe! (Well with my adjustments :L I have no idea what the actual recipe might have tasted like!)

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  • Binder photo Cath

    04 April 2013

    Cath rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    The best brownies ever, have made them many times and they never disappoint. I have tried with various types of chocolate, once I didn't have dark and just used some left overs which was just as good. Very nice with orange chocolate too, adds a little tang

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  • Binder photo AliBi

    11 April 2013

    AliBi commented on this recipe

    These looked really promising before they went in the oven! Unfortunately they were really undercooked at 30 mins, the middle was still liquid. I put them back in for another 20 minutes and still undercooked in the middle whilst the tops were crispy. Not sure why it went wrong? Recipe doesn't suggest where in the oven to put these (i put them near the top) or what type of chocolate to use (I used dark cooking chocolate). Tasted great despite being a bit too gooey!

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  • Binder photo VickiT

    13 April 2013

    VickiT commented on this recipe

    The kids absolutely love these brownies, they taste gorgeous...I've made them quite a few times now but they're always totally gooey and uncooked in the middle,not sure where I'm going wrong, next time will try baking for longer...

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  • Binder photo pyhsicsgirl

    11 May 2013

    pyhsicsgirl rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Cooked for 30mins, used spread instead of butter and used 150g castor sugar, 100g Demerara sugar, turned out lovely, just the right amount of cakey, gooey-ness!

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  • Binder photo me74me

    02 June 2013

    me74me commented on this recipe

    Best chocolate brownies ever!!! I took it out of the oven and within 5 minutes all had gone. Yum........ Only odd thing is that the butter obviously melts quicker than the chocolate so will add that in half way through next time.

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  • Binder photo Laura Hybrid

    05 June 2013

    Laura Hybrid rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really good, I am going to make it for my class mates, wish me luck!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12 pieces

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 100g butter , chopped
  • 200g dark chocolate , chopped
  • 4 eggs
  • 250g golden caster sugar
  • 100g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 30g cocoa
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PER SERVING

302 kcalories, protein 4.25g, carbohydrate 40.5g, fat 14.7 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 0.9g, salt 0.3 g

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