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
- Pre-heat oven to 170C fan (190C) and line a baking tin
- Melt the chocolate and butter, stir together
- Whisk eggs for 2 mins until pale and fluffy
- Add the sugar and whisk for another 3 mins
- Fold in the ground almonds, vanilla, salt, melted butter and chocolate
- Scrape into the lined tin
- Bake for 40 mins until the top is cracked
- Cool in the tin, then turn out and cut into squares
- Store in the fridge if you’re not going to eat them straight away
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