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Walnut Brownies

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WALNUT BROWNIES

This brownie recipe uses dark chocolate and cocoa powder and is made with butter rather than oil.

Walnut Brownies

These brownies only need to be baked for a short time in the oven but time will depend on your oven.

 

INGREDIENTS

  • 120g dark chocolate
  • 120g butter
  • 20g cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 150g soft brown sugar
  • 70g plain flour
  • 50g chocolate chips
  • 50g walnuts, roughly broken
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

METHOD

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 160ºC fan.
  2. Brush your brownie tin with melted butter and line with greaseproof paper.
  3. In a saucepan, melt the chocolate, butter and cocoa powder and leave to cool.
  4. Whisk together the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract until light and fluffy in a bowl.
  5. Stir the chocolate mix into the bowl with the eggs and sugar and whisk well.
  6. Fold in the flour, walnut pieces and chocolate chips.
  7. Spoon the brownie into the tin and bake for 25 minutes.
  8. The brownies should have a slight wobble wen cooked so put back in the oven for another couple of minutes if they look undercooked.

Chocolate Brownies in the Pressure Cooker

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Although it was a beautifully sunny day today, the backlog of everyone’s dirty clothes meant that the washing machine had priority over the mini electric oven.

So, this is my latest experiment at cooking cakes in the pressure cooker and I wanted to give brownies a go . This time, I decided to make a chocolate pudding and wanted to try out the idea of one with a sauce. I wasn’t sure what the result would be in the pressure cooker, but it worked out perfectly and was delicious.

CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

INGREDIENTS

    • 85g butter
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
    • 2 tablespoons water
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 cup all-purpose flour
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped

    METHOD

    1. Line a 7″ cake tin with baking parchment.
    2. Place a heatproof bowl over a saucepan with some boiling water.
    3. Add the butter and melt over the heat.
    4. Stir in the sugar and cooked until melted
    5. Take the pan off the heat and whisk in the cocoa powder, water and vanilla until smooth.
    6. Add the eggs and beat well.
    7. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt and continue whisking
    8. Fold in the walnut pieces.
    9. Pour the cake mix into the cake tin.
    10. Pour 1 cup of boiling water into the pressure cooker and place a silicone mat on the bottom.
    11. Carefully lower the cake tin into the pressure cooker.
    12. Cover and bring to pressure.
    13. Turn down the heat and cook for 20 minutes.
    14. Turn off the heat and leave for 10 minutes.
    15. Quickly release the pressure and leave the tin on a baking rack for another 10 minutes.
    16. Remove the brownies from the pan and leave to cool.
    17. Serve with ice cream or cream.

NOTE: If using a normal oven, cook the brownies at 160ºC (bottom + fan) on a central rack for 20-25 minutes.

 

Fudgy Chocolate Brownies

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fudgy chocolate brownies

FUDGY CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

For various reasons, I prefer to bake cakes without butter if at all possible and this recipe ticks all the boxes in terms of fudgy, chocolaty brownies. It is quick and easy to make and can be made on the BAKE program in the breadmaker.

 fudgy chocolate brownies

Fudgy Chocolate Brownies

This recipe is delicious and can be whipped up in no time at all.

 

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup sunflower oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder & 1/2 cup plain flour or 1/2 cup self-raising flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

METHOD

  1. Line a round or square 7″ (18cm) baking tin with baking parchment or grease and flour the tin.
  2. Measure out the flour, salt and cocoa into a bowl.
  3. Cream the oil and sugar together in a bowl.
  4. Break in the eggs and beat well.
  5. Add the dry ingredients and stir thoroughly.
  6. Spoon into the tin.
  7. Bake in the breadmaker on the 1-hour BAKE programme or in a hot oven for 20 minutes.