
Easy brownies
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Ready in 1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling time
- Easy
- Makes 24
Ingredients
- 375g good quality dark chocolate
- 375g butter, cut into pieces
- 500g caster sugar
- 6 medium eggs
- 225g plain flour
For the topping (optional)
- 140g good quality dark chocolate
- 50g butter, cut into pieces
- icing sugar for dusting
Method
- STEP 1
Butter and line a 30cm x 21cm tin. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Break up the chocolate with the butter and melt in the microwave on medium for about 5 minutes, stirring halfway through.
- STEP 2
Beat the sugar and eggs in a bowl. Stir in the melted chocolate, add the flour and beat well. Pour into the tin and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the top looks papery and feels slightly wobbly. Leave to cool in the tin.
- STEP 3
If you're making the topping, break up the chocolate with the butter and melt in the microwave on medium for about 1 minute. Stir until smooth then spread over the cake. Dust with icing sugar and cut into squares.