Chocolate Pecan Brownies
You can omit the nuts or replace with another, or make coconut brownies or chocolate chip brownies, just replace weight for weight - ideas are endless - actually before I forget Rum and Raisin, add 2 tablespoons of dark rum to the melted chocolate and replace the pecans for 150g of rum soaked raisins - Phoor!!!
Preparation time: 20 minutes Quantity: Served 10 - 12 Cooking time: 40 minutes
Ingredients
180g/ 6 z butter- softened
300g/ 10 oz / 2 bars dark chocolate
300g/ 10 oz caster sugar
3 large eggs
100g/ 4 oz plain flour-sifted
300g/ 10 oz pecans-roughly chopped/broken
Method
- Melt the butter and the chopped chocolate over a bain marie (in a bowl over simmering water)
- Stir when melted
- Meanwhile whisk the eggs and the sugar together till frothy and paler
- Whisk the two together
- Fold in the flour and broken nuts
- Spoon in to a greased tray
- Bake in a preheated oven gas 6/200*c on the middle shelf for 30-40 minutes or till cooked
Recommended tray bake tin 8 inch square or equivilent- ish