My apologies for being so dormant for > 2 weeks. It's the school hols & have been busy with activities with kids & cousins alike. Honestly didn't realise how "busy" I would be during this Year End Holidays ;) for that reason, I've not been able to try any new recipes /dishes much.
Finally got the baking mood due to X'mas round the corner. Tried this recipe from "THE COOKIE AND BISCUIT BIBLE" by Catherine Atkinson with recipes by Joanna Farrow and Valerie Barret.
I used slight different ingredients from the original recipe on page 358. Here's what I used :
Ingredients:
150g Cooking Chocolate - Nona Brand
120ml or 1/2 cup Butter (instead of sunflower oil ~ only had groundnut.. so didn't want a differing smell, I used Butter)
215g or scant 1 cup Fine Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
5ml or 1 Tsp Vanilla Essence
65g or scant 2/3 Self Raising Flour
60ml or 4 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
75g or 3/4 cup Walnuts chopped
60ml or 4 Tbsp Chocolate Chips
Method :
1. Preheat Oven to 180'C/350'F. Grease square cake tin approx 7.5in or 8.5in. Melt cooking chocolate with butter in heat proof bowl over a pan of simmering water (Alternatively, microwave it for 2 mins & stir after that to smoothen it)
2. Beat the brown sugar, eggs & vanilla essense together.
3. Stir in the melted cooking chocolate & butter, then beat well until well evenly mixed.
4. Sift the self raising flour & cocoa powder into the bowl and fold in thoroughly. Stir in the chopped nuts and milk chocolate chips, then tip the mixture into the prepared tin and spread evenly to the edges.
5. Bake for about 30-35 minutes, until the top is firm and crusty. Cool in the tin before cutting into the squares.
Looks close to picture in the recipe book if I do say so myself ;)
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