Month: Nov 2023

Chocolate brownies

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A magical concoction gifted by Katherine, whose recipe writing style is quite different from mine! But the results speak for themselves – brilliantly rich, chocolatey brownies – and super-simple to make.

  • 150g dark chocolate
  • 170g butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 150g soft light brown sugar
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Pinch of salt
  1. Pre-heat oven to 170C fan (190C) and line a baking tin
  2. Melt the chocolate and butter, stir together
  3. Whisk eggs for 2 mins until pale and fluffy
  4. Add the sugar and whisk for another 3 mins
  5. Fold in the ground almonds, vanilla, salt, melted butter and chocolate
  6. Scrape into the lined tin
  7. Bake for 40 mins until the top is cracked
  8. Cool in the tin, then turn out and cut into squares
  9. Store in the fridge if you’re not going to eat them straight away

Granola

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Crunchy clusters of oats, nuts and seeds. Not just for breakfast – for general scrunchy munching when you have a snacky moment

  • 200g jumbo rolled oats
  • 100g chopped hazelnuts
  • 50g flaked almond
  • 50g mixed seeds (pumpkin, sunflower)
  • 2 tbsp ground flax seed
  • 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • ½ tsp flaky salt
  • 120 ml maple syrup
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 large egg white
  • 150g raisins
  • 50g rice crispies
  1. Pre-heat oven to 140C fan (160C)
  2. Combine all ingredients except the egg white, raisins and rice crispies in a large bowl, tossing to coat evenly
  3. Whisk the egg white until frothy then stir into the granola mixture
  4. Spread it in a single layer on a lined baking sheet (not too spread out though, it all needs to be touching so it can form clumps)
  5. Bake for 30 mins and then use a large spatula to turn over sections of the granola carefully
  6. Rotate the pan and bake for a further 20 mins until golden
  7. Once it’s evenly browned and turn the oven off and leave it in there with the door ajar until it’s cool
  8. Once completely cool, break the granola up into spoon-sized pieces. Stir in the raisins and rice crispies
  9. Store in an airtight container