Best Brownies

How to make brownies

Ingredients

• 125 g of unsalted butter, chopped
• 125 g of dark chocolate, chopped
• 3 eggs, lightly whisked
• 335 g (1 ½ cups) white sugar
• 115 g (3/4 cup) plain flour
• 30 g (1/4 cup) Dutch cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt 
   

Method

Step 1: 

Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Grease a 20cm (base measurement) square cake pan and line with baking paper.

Step 2:

Place butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (don't let the bowl touch the water). Stir with a metal spoon until melted. Remove from heat.

 Step 3:

Quickly stir in egg, sugar, flour, cocoa powder, vanilla and salt until just combined.

Step 4:

Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out with moist crumbs clinging. Set aside to cool completely.