Nearly Perfect Brownies

Have to tweak the recipe a bit next time and cut down 1/3 of the sugar. Too sweet. I guess the chocolate I'm using is not dark enough. Anyways, other than all the tweaking I reckon that this is going to be the perfect definition of my fudgy brownie!You know what they say, 3rd time the charm!Alhamdulillah..

Brownies

I had this perfect brownies recipe but I forgot where I saved it (yup good old recipe cards still win). I really need to write down my tested recipe properly in my book this time so I won't loose it.

My definition of a perfect brownie is simple; my husband can munch it clean in 5 seconds. He is not a chocolate fan so that would be a gold medal for a brownie. Only perfect brownie can score that kind of achievement ok!

So now I'm still en route to the perfect chewy fudgy and crackled top brownie. Bear with me until I found the perfect one! Hehe..

This one is a fudgy but quite cakey brownie (baking powder alert) but I love the chocolatey goodness of it. Sharing this recipe for blog update sake -_-

Brownies

250g dark chocolate (using local beryl's new intense chocolate)
120g butter (using butterlite)

3 large eggs
230g brown sugar

140g flour
30g cocoa powder
1tsp baking powder

Direction:

1. Preheat oven at 170C and grease 8×8 baking pan. Cover bottom of pan with parchment paper.
2. Melt the chocolate using double boiler technique. Once melted, turn off heat and add butter. Whisk until combine.
3. In another bowl whisk eggs and brown sugar until combined and whisk in the chocolate mixture.
4. Using spatula, fold in the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder (yup i didnt sift it). Mix well until the mixture becomes sort of gooey.
5. Pour the mixture into the pan and bake for 45 minutes.
6. I test the doneness by moving the pan (slowly to the left and right) and if the brownies are done it will not have that wobbly movement in the centre. Please don't use the clean skewer test.

Thank u for reading!

chewy and chocolaty brownies

Inspired by my bil's uncle scrumptious chewy, chocolaty, fudgy and sinful brownies *seriously, it's that good!*,  I tried making one few months back. However mine was not as good as the bil's uncle's. It was too sweet and unfortunately the nuts used was stale that it somehow disturbs the good chocolaty taste of the Brownie. *There you go tip #1* But despite by the above unsatisfactory it was finished within one day by my mom, my lil sis, my lil brother and of course, yours truly.

The second attempt was Brownies using Cadbury Black Forrest Chocolate and the result was even worst! Pathetically, I insisted on using the same stale nuts so u can guess how the rest of the story goes. And from that I learnt that there is always reason behind the creation of everything including eating choc and cooking choc.

Nevertheless, I'm still sharing the recipe of my first brownies attempt. If it wasn't too sweet and the nuts are okay I guess it would've turn out fine with a chewy texture and chocolaty taste. And by the way, the recipe is specially dedicated to a dear friend of mine, Neda. She's in her mid semester break and if she does write a review on the recipe I will re-post it here :)

This one is my bil's uncle Brownie. I forgot to shoot mine :(

Chewy brownies

500g of dark chocolate (I used Beryl's the dark chocolate-rather sweet that's why I think I ended up having a very sweet brownie)
1 pack unsalted butter (about 227 g using New Zealand brand)
1/2 c brown sugar *the original recipe was about 3 cups*
1/2 c flour
1/2 c roasted nuts* - I used chopped walnuts*or is it pecan? I'm so sorry I can't remember* and almonds

1. Preheat oven to180 degrees C. Grease 10x10 inches pan and cover with parchment paper. I think the usage of parchment paper is a MUST here.
2.Melt the choc and butter using microwave or double boil.
3.Mix well and add sugar until combine and followed by flour and nuts
4. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 30-40 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean
5. Let it cool completely before u cut it. Caution: it will get very sticky if it doesn't cool completely.