Birthday brownies

Calum requested brownies instead of cake to celebrate his first decade on earth so I ve just made these little beauties. I've made more complicated ones but this recipe is straight forward and quick/ simple (Cal made these ) and so delicious just had to add them to our blog. Courtesy Bill Grangers 'Bills basics' 2011


Here's how you make em:



Ingredients:

350 g (1 1/2 cups) caster sugar
80 g cocoa powder
60 g plain flour
1teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs, lightly beaten
200g unsalted butter melted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
200g dark choc roughly chopped



What to do:


Preheat oven to 160 C
Line 22 cm square tin with baking paper
Stir together dry ingredients
Add eggs vanilla and butter
Mix well
Add chopped choc
Pour into tin and bake for 40- 45 mins
Leave to cool slightly in tin. Turn out onto wire rack. Cut into squares n serve.
We just had warm with cream......mmmmmmmmmmmmmm



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basic muffin recipe

Hopefully MK will share her fabulous apple muffin recipe on here (hint hint) so in the meantime, here's my basic muffin recipe. Add whatever you fancy. Two mashed bananas (now that they are mildly affordable) and some choc chips or M&Ms are the favourite in this house.

• 2 cups self-raising flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• ¼ cup oil
• 1 cup milk
• Flavourings of choice (1 cup is usually enough)

Put everything in a bowl.

Mix until just mixed (over mixing = muffins like bread).

Bake in 180C (or 170C fanforced) oven for about 20 mins.