Nutella and Orange Brownies

I wanted to try something new with the average brownie. So after two attempts and a lot of Nutella- here's the outcome. This is the original recipe I changed up to fit what I was doing. Original :). Happy Baking x

Ingredients:

250g unsalted butter
200g Nutella
80g cocoa powder (or drinking chocolate mix) sifted
Zest and juice of 1 orange
65g plain flour sifted
1 tsp baking powder
360g caster sugar
4 eggs

Method:

1. Pre heat the oven to 180C, grease a 24cm cake tin. In a small sauce pan melt the butter. When the butter has melted leave to cool for about 5 minutes, stir occasionally. Meanwhile in a medium sized bowl add Nutella and orange zest and juice. Once the butter has cooled a bit add to the chocolate orange mix mix well until smooth.

2. In a separate bowl mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and sugar. Once that has been thoroughly mixed. Add the chocolate mixture to the dry ingredients and stir well.

3. Beat in the eggs until a silky smooth consistency is achieved. Pour the mix into the cake tin and bake in the oven for 25 - 30 minutes. The brownie should still be a little gooey on the inside.

4. Cool on a cooling rack then transfer to a chopping board and cut into chunky pieces.

Happy Baking, Beth x

Chocolate and Pecan Brownies

These brownies are so yummy. My Great Nana saved me this recipe card when I went to see her I gave the card to my Nana and then.... I forgot to pick up to take home but after a short phone call I got the ingredients and then I made this! Happy Baking!

Ingredients:

150g unsalted butter
150g dark chocolate
100g Pecans 
3 eggs
225g light muscovado sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
100g Plain Flour sifted

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 160C. Line a 23x33 cm baking tray. And then crush the pecans in a mortar and pestal.

2. Place the chocolate into a saucepan and start to melt it then add the butter to the pan and melt them together. Then remove from the heat and add the crushed pecan nuts.

3. In another mixing bowl whisk eggs and add the sugar and the vanilla and mix until it is smooth.

4. Fold in the flour, fold in the melted chocolate taking care not to over mix the mixture.

5. Pour into the prepared baking tin and bake for 20-25 mins or until a knife comes out clean from the center of the brownie.

6. Leave to cool and cut into pieces and serve with a sprinkle of icing sugar.

Enjoy :-)

Chocolate Chunk Brownies

Brilliantly melt in the mouth, perfect to eat when cut up and still warm. Brownies are rustic and delicious. I got this recipe and added a twist,  from a cookery book written by Zoe Berkeley.

Ingredients:

Half a bar of milk chocolate bashed up into chunks.
200 g melted butter
65 g coco powder
3 large eggs
1 tea spoon vanilla extract
200 g caster sugar
75 g plain flour


Method

1. Pre- heat the oven to 180 C and put some grease proof paper in a shallow baking tin approximately 20 cm wide. Mix the melted butter in with the cocoa powder and set aside to cool for 10 mins.

2. Whisk the eggs in with the sugar and vanilla extract and then add and beat in the cocoa mixture. Then gently fold in the flour and the crushed chocolate. bake for 35 mins, the mixture should be sticky.

3. Leave in the tin to cool for 10 mins and then lift out of the tin by the edges of the grease proof paper. Cut into 12 pieces and serve with pink glitter.