Chocolate brownies

makes 8-10 brownies depending on portion size.

• 200g of good quality dark chocolate
• 250g (one WHOLE block) of unsalted butter
• 150g of chopped mixed nuts
• 80g of cocoa powder
• 65g of plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 350g caster sugar
• 4 large eggs

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC and grease a 20 x 30 cm tin with butter before placing greaseproof paper to cover the bottom (no creases in the corners though!)
2. The recipe then says to melt the butter and chocolate in a bowl over simmering water and mix until smooth
3. Add the nuts and stir together
4. Now, in a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients before pouring in the chocolate mix and combining well.
5. Beat the eggs and mix in until you have a silky consistency.
6. Place the mix in the tin and bake for around 25 minutes. You want them to be gooey and soft in the middle. This should take about 27-30min if you think isn't too gooey at 35mins. Leave them in the tin to cool completely. This will stop them from being TOO gooey.
7. Remove, slice and try not to each all at once.