Thursday, March 15, 2012

Basic Brownie!!!

So I just completed my first project with "S" and it turned out be quite well, the client was very happy with the information we had sought on biomarkers...slept so peacefully yesterday
Since the call was at night, I had the evening to myself, thought of making quick brownies...they are so easy to make
Little "K" is not much into cakes, but one bite of brownie and he says "Mama, these are very nice"

So here's is the recipe for a basic chocolate brownie

Ingredients
1 cup flour
1/4th cup butter
1/2th cup vegetable oil
One slab of dark chocolate
2 eggs
Cocoa-1/2 tsp
Pinch of cinnamon
Sugar : Granulated sugar is supposed to be good...I had taken normal sugar and powdered for only a sec
So result is not very fine sugar but coarsely ground
1 tsp of baking powder
Milk if required

I took the butter and half slab dark chocolate seperately and melted them in the microwave.
Take the eggs and seperate the white and yolk in seperate bowls
Beat each of them till the egg white turns white in color and fluffy...beat the yolks as well seperately
I dont have a blender and hence used an egg beater
This is the only time consuming process...it would take 15-20 mins
Butter the brownie cups
Once thats done preheat the oven in 180 degree celsius

Now sieve the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and cocoa together

Take a bowl, add the whites and yolk of eggs.
Add melted butter and melted dark chocolate and mix well
Add oil and then add the sieved dry ingredients and fold the mixture
Please do not mix hard, keep folding the mixture
If the batter is very thick, then add some milk but make sure that the batter is not very thin
Now pour the batter to brownie moulds. Make sure that you fill only half of the cup, as brownie would rise
Take the remaining dark chocolate and grate them on top of each brownie cup
Now take the cups and bake them for 25-27 mins
Keep checking after 21 mins. insert a toothpick and check if the batter is sticking on to it
Switch off the microwave when you see batter does not stick to the tooth pick
Keep the brownies inside the microwave for 15 mins and then take them out to cool
Brownies are ready to be served :)

If you dont have brownie moulds, then you can use normal baking vessel as well

Hope you enjoy making them as I did!!!



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