How to Make the Best Chocolate Brownies!

Hello my lovelies! I haven't posted in about 2 weeks now, but here I am with one LONG post! I'm going to be sharing a recipe for amazing chocolate brownies. These have turned out perfectly, so I hope you enjoy making/or just reading this tasty treat!

I must say, brownies aren't exactly healthy in any way, but I think these are a great occasional treat and nice for guests/friends/anyone!

Ingredients:

- 185g of butter OR lard (Stork is what I've used)

-185g of milk chocolate

-85g of plain flour

-40g of cocoa powder

-50g of white chocolate chips

-50g of milk chocolate chips

-3 eggs

-275g of caster sugar

Tools:

-Scales

-Hob

-Mixing Bowl

-Saucepan

-Baking paper & baking tray

-Blender/mixer/hand mixer

-Sieve

How to make:

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1: Measure out your butter/lard and your chocolate (separately) into the scales and try to get it directly onto 185g. Once both measured, put into your saucepan and put that onto the hob to simmer and melt on the lowest heat. This will be ready melted by the time you need to pour it into the main mixture.

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2: Preparing time! Turn your oven onto gas mark 4 so that it's ready pre-heated, then it will be the best temperature to put the brownie mixture in. Once you've done that, line your baking paper into the baking tray (It doesn't matter what size, but for this mixture I've used a 20cm tin).

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3: Sieve your 40g of cocoa powder and 85g of plain flour together into a big mixing bowl. This makes them both very soft and not lumpy! Then, grab your three eggs and sugar, and add them into your blender/mixer/another big bowl. Whisk them around! This can take from 3 to 8 minutes.

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4:Once that's been mixing and it's turned into a white colour and very creamy consistency, it's time to add in the plain flour and cocoa powder. A thing you need to look out for though is to see if your mixture is ready before you put these two in-

Take out the beaters/mixer thing and see if the mixture hanging from it leaves a trail of itself on the surface for a second or two. If it doesn't leave one, then mix it for another minute of two! It should then be ready. 

When it's ready, add in your cocoa powder and plain flour. You need to mix this in but only gently, because you need to keep the air in to keep the brownies light!

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5: By this point your butter/lard and chocolate chunks would have melted nicely in the saucepan! Turn off the heat and let it cool for a bit. Once fairly cool, pour into your mixture. With that, it's optional to add in your chocolate chips! I think these brownies are finished off perfectly with the chocolate chips inside. I've used two packets for the mixture because it's the right amount! I've used white and milk chocolate to spice things up a little. Mix these up fully so that the mixture is all the same colour!

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 6: Finally, pour the mixture into your ready-prepared baking tray and put it into your ready-prepared oven for 30mins. it should be crisp on top!

That is the entire recipe! One thing I would add is that you might want to put this in the fridge for a couple of hours to let it solidify. It's not that it isn't baked properly, it's just that it makes it much easier to cut open.

Then it's time to snack away! I hope you liked this super tasty treat and if you want more treat recipes, then just comment:) Let me know if you try this out!