Simple brownies

Its been a while since I have blogged or even thought of blogging , but here I am back and ready to blog away ... well that is if my cat would at this current point in time would let me :) If you have a cat you probably know what I'm on about , your lap top key pad is their sleeping spot .

My Mom has been sending me these series of baking books called "Best Baking" ,each book is dedicated to either brownies , cakes , cup-cakes , deserts , you get the picture .I have the first 3 in the series 1# Cup-Cakes 2# Cakes and 3# Brownies and Biscuits. I've baked a few odd things out of each book but with the hours i keep with my day job , witch nearly almost always feels like a night job , I just need to settle for the days I have off to bake.

My husbands been away on training and as much as I love how clean the house has been since he has been gone I must admit that its been quiet and lonely , sorry Phoenix my kitty your great company but the language barrier does become a problem every now and again . My husband is due to be back LATE tonight so I decided why not have some home baked brownies ready and waiting for him for when he gets home , after all who doesn't want a brownie at 11:30pm ;)

So lets talk CHOCOLATE , a girls best friend! I decided to just bake the simple, basic and easy kind for tonight . I popped down to the store and just stocked up on some Cadburys milk chocolate , OK yes I had two chocolate blocks on the way home but what was a girl to do ;) hehehe
This recipe is straight out of Best Baking 3# Biscuits and Brownies .

 Ingredients :

What to do :

1. Preheat that oven to 160C . Get a 8in square baking tin and grease and line it with baking paper.

2. Gently melt all that lovely chocolate in a heat proof bowl that you have placed over a pan with simmering water. Add the butter and the water , leave the chocolate and these to melt and stir only once.

3. Remove the bowl off the heat and set it aside to cool , once it has cooled add the vanilla, sugar and the eggs. 

4. Fold in the flour and salt and once its all mixed up pour it all into the baking tin.

5. Pop it and all its chocolate goodness in the oven and allow it to bake for 30-35 min. They should be still a bit gooey in the centre .

6. Leave it to cool in the tin and once it cooled to room temp turn it over and cut into squares.

So there they are in all there chocolate glory . 

you will have a darker brownie if you use dark chocolate and you can even use half dark and half milk chocolate .

I think next time Ill add some pecan nuts and some dark chocolate chips , yum , and serve these hot straight out the oven with some French vanilla ice cream.

Happy Baking XOXO