Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate Brownies

Treat friends and family to these divine chocolate brownies.
Makes 16 squares for tea or 64 mini squares for canapés.
200g butter
200g dark chocolate
3 large eggs
275g caster sugar
100g plain flour
30g cocoa powder
70g milk chocolate
70g white chocolate
1 Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/180C/160 fan
2 Line a 23cm square tin with a large piece of baking paper. (This will enable you to lift the brownies out of the tin easily.)
3 Chop the white and milk chocolate into chunks and leave to one side.
4 Cut the butter into pieces and place in a bowl, break the dark chocolate into pieces and place on top of the butter. Microwave on high for 2 minutes, leave to stand for a minute and then stir until the butter and chocolate are smooth and glossy.
5 Using an electric mixer whisk the eggs and sugar together for 5 minutes until they are very thick and much paler in colour. Pour over the chocolate mixture and stir in gently.
6 Sieve the flour and cocoa powder over the egg and chocolate mixture and using a large spoon or spatula fold together being careful not to knock too much air out.
7 Finally stir in the chopped white and milk chocolate and pour the mixture into the tin.
8 Cook in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes. The top of the brownies should start to crack and develop a papery appearance.
9 When cool lift out of the tin and cut into squares, leave to cool, alternatively they can be eaten warm!