Description
How can you have Christmas without chocolate? Chocolate lovers know that receiving chocolate as gift is always exciting. Chocolate brownies are the best dessert to serve or wrap as a gift for the festive holidays. My today’s post is Easy Brownies. It is a soft and fragrant piece of cake that valrhona chocolate and cocoa powder are being used. Walnuts are added in the brownies with chocolate crumbles as topping that give a nutty and crisp bites. If you prefer the brownies to be sweeter, you can also add some chocolate chips into it or substitute the chocolate crumbles for chocolate ganache topping. The addition of rum or mint is also a classic combination. Do give a try with mixing and matching the flavours to suit your taste and share this wonderful brownies to your family and friends for Christmas.
Ingredients
- Chocolate crumbles
- 45g Plain flour
- 12g Valrohna cocoa powder
- 25g Sugar
- 30g Soft butter
- Mix all the chocolate crumbs ingredients well with finger tips and set aside.
- Brownies
- 4 Egg whites
- 130g Melted chocolate (65g Valrohna chocolate & 65g semi-sweet chocolate)
- 130g Soft butter
- 125g Sugar
- 4 Egg yolks
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 150g Walnuts, slighty crush
- 140g Plain flour )
- 2 1/2 tbsp Valrohna cocoa powder } sieve together
- 1 tsp Baking powder )
- 1 tsp Baking soda )
Instructions
- Whisk egg whites till stiff and fold in melted chocolate with a rubber spatula.
- Beat butter, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla extract till creamy and pour into egg white mixture, mix well and add in walnuts.
- Add sifted flour mixture with 3-4 tablespoon fresh milk, fold well.
- Pour mixture into a 10 x 6 1/2 inch or 8 inch square (lined all sides) tray and sprinkle chocolate crumbles on top.
- Bake at preheated oven 170C for about 40-45 minutes or test with a skewer till it comes out clean.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins