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Brownies

Mars Brownies

October 11, 2012

Ingredients

12 mini Mars or 4 regular sized

200g butter

3/4 cup dark chocolate

3/4 milk chocolate

1 cup castor sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cocoa powder

3 eggs

Instructions

1) Preheat oven to 170'c and grease and line a brownie pan with baking paper

2) Divide the mars into 2 groups. Slice half of them and chop small the other half

3) Add the chopped pieces into a big bowl together with cubed butter, dark chocolate and milk chocolate. Microwave for about 2.5 minutes, stirring halfway through

4) Leave to cool for a few minutes then sift in the sugar, baking powder, flour and cocoa powder. Mix until combined

5) Crack in the eggs and mix gently until well combined

6) Fold in the sliced Mars and pour into the tin. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a pick comes out clean
7) Let it cool to room temp completely and refrigerate for about 1-2 hours before cutting. I find brownies taste best when they've cooled down, they're more......fudgy. :)

Brownies

Marble Brownies

September 05, 2012

Ingredients

Brownie layer

1/2 cup dark choc chips

110g butter, cubed

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 1/4 cup castor sugar

2 eggs

2/3 cup plain flour

A pinch of salt

Cheese layer

250g cream cheese

1 egg

1/3 cup castor sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Instructions

Note: Since these are brownies, everything is mixed by hand because unlike cakes, we do not want too much air in the batter

1) Preheat oven to 160'c, grease and line a regular sized brownie tin. I usually leave some excess baking paper haging out on the sides of the pan to make it easier to just pull the whole thing out and cut it on a board

2) Melt the choc chips and butter in the microwave for 1 - 2 minutes. Stir every 30 seconds

3) Leave to cool for a few minutes then mix in vanilla essence, sugar and eggs

4) Mix in the flour and salt for about a minute until well incorporated. Set aside half a cup of the batter for the swirl topping. Pour the remaining evenly into the greased pan

5) In a different bowl microwave the cubed cream cheese for about 1.5 minutes to soften it. Then mix in the egg, sugar and vanilla essence for bout 2 minutes with a whisk until smooth

6) Pour evenly on top of the brownie layer. Use a tsp and place dollops of the 1/2 cup of brownie batter on top of the cheese layer. I used a cake tester to swirl the dollops around. You could use anything thin such as a knife, toothpick or a skewer

7) Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until a pick comes out clean. Let cool to room temp and refrigerate for at least 3 hours before cutting. I suggest leaving it overnight in the fridge

Brownies

Brownie Cheesecake Bites

August 31, 2012

Ingredients
Brownies
2/3 cup dark/unsweetened chocolate chips
60g unsalted butter
2 eggs
1 cup castor sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 all purpose flour
1 tbsp cocoa powder
A pinch of salt
1/4 cup milk choc chips, lightly coated with flour

Cheesecake
70g cream cheese, softened
1.5 tbsp castor sugar
1 egg yolk

Instructions
1) Preheat oven to 175'c and line mini muffin trays
1) Melt the dark choc with butter in the microwave for about 1.5 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds

2) Whisk eggs and castor sugar for about a minute until light and fluffy

3) Sift the dry ingredients, flour, cocoa powder and salt in a different bowl
4) Add in the melted choc and butter into the whisked eggs and sugar, then add in the vanilla extract, mix well. Stir in the dry ingredients, add in the flour coated chips, stir until flour incorporates with wet mixture. Don't over mix
5) In a different bowl, beat the cream cheese, castor sugar and egg yolk until smooth
6) Fill the mini muffin cups 2/3 of the way with brownie batter and top off with a tsp of cheese mixture. Bake for 20 mins

Brownies

Chocolate Brownies

July 24, 2012

Ingredients
450g unsalted butter, chopped small
500g semisweet chocolate chips
170g unsweetened cooking chocolate
6 eggs
2 1/4 cup castor sugar
3 tbsp coffee granules
2 tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Instructions
1) Preheat oven to 180'c
2) Fill water in a pot about an inch from the bottom and put a bowl on top of it. See that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Turn on to low heat. Melt butter, 450g of the choc chips and the cooking chocolate in the bowl until smooth. Might take around 15 minutes. Bila dah melt, set aside to cool down to room temp

3) In a different bowl, add in the eggs, coffee granules, vanilla extract and sugar. Stir the ingredients, do not beat
4) In a bigger bowl, sift in 1 cup of the flour, baking powder and salt
5) In a small bowl add in the remaining flour and choc chips. Mix with your hand. This is to avoid the chips from sinking to the bottom of your pan

6) Once the chocolate and butter mixture has cooled down, add in the egg mixture and mix well. Then add the mixture into the dry ingredients (flour, salt, powder) and again mix well until the flour incorporates. Then stir in the floured choc chips
7) Grease well a baking pan and pour in the batter
8) Pop it into the oven for 20 minutes. Rap the pan on the rack a few times to let out trapped air. Continue baking for 10-15 mins until a pick comes out clean
9) Let cool to room temp, refrigirate for about 15 minutes and slice into squares

ps. You can add in about half a cup of chopped walnuts if you like

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