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My Favorite Brownie

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 24 squares

Ingredients

150

g (2/3 cup, packed) light brown sugar

225

g (1 cup plus 2 tbsp) superfine sugar

225

g (1 cup/2 sticks) butter

150

g (5.25 ounces) dark chocolate, chopped

3

eggs

115

g (1 cup) plain flour

75

g (3/4 cup) cocoa powder

150

g (5.25 ounces/about 1 cup) chocolate chips

Special Equipment

You will also need a 20x30cm (8x12-inch) brownie tin.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/180°C fan/gas 6 and line a 20x30cm (8x12-inch) tin with baking parchment.

    Step 2

    Put the sugars and butter into a large saucepan and heat on medium until the butter has melted. Simmer the mixture for five minutes to allow the sugar to begin to melt, stirring all the time. It should lose its grainy appearance and the butter will combine with the sugar. Remove from the heat.

    Step 3

    Add the chopped dark chocolate to the warm sugar and butter mixture and stir it in until it is completely melted. Leave to cool to room temperature.

    Step 4

    When the mixture is cool enough to touch comfortably, beat in the eggs. Add the flour and cocoa powder before stirring briefly to combine. You don't want to overbeat the mixture or your brownies will become too 'cakey'. Fold through the chocolate chips and scrape into the prepared tin.

    Step 5

    Bake for 20–25 minutes or until the top is shiny and slightly cracked. It will feel slightly underbaked, but for gooey, sticky brownies this is perfect. Leave to cool completely in the tin, then chill in the fridge for an hour to get the ultimate, fudgy center, then cut into squares.

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From Twist: Creative Ideas to Reinvent Your Baking, © 2017 by Martha Collison. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins. Buy the full book from HarperCollins or from Amazon.