As I said before, this recipe easily makes 24 brownies, so if you don't have a giant brownie pan, use two loose-bottomed deep cake tins. Although this mixture doesn't contain any raising agents like baking powder or bicarbonate of soda, it definitely rises in the oven, so don't take a shortcut & use a shallow tin - you'll only spend the next few hours cleaning brownie mix out of the oven & swearing loudly...
Chocolate Coconut Brownies
300g Butter
300g Dark Chocolate, in small pieces
5 large Eggs
450g Caster Sugar
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
200g Plain Flour
1tsp Salt
50g Dessicated Coconut
Preheat your oven to 180c/Gas Mark 4. Melt the chocolate & butter together - either using a bain marie or in a microwave (I find about 5 minutes on 30% power melts it perfectly). Stir well & allow to cool.
Now beat in the cooled chocolate & butter.
Finally, fold in the flour, salt & coconut and pour the brownie mixture into a lined tin. At this stage, I scattered a large handful of chocolate chips over the top for an extra chocolate hit. No such thing as too much chocolate...
Bake for 20-25 minutes until the top has crusted over & is starting to crack. Remove from the oven & allow to cool for 15 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
Aoife- these look fabulous. My daughter is a HUGE brownie fan so I expect I'll be making a batch for her birthday soon. Must check out the recipe you did with the nutella too!
ReplyDeleteI want to do this tomorrow! I'm a bit worried about the "cleaning the oven" bit, what size tin do I need? Never made brownies before...
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Hey Magali - use a deep sided pan or cake tin because they do rise up. A baking sheet is far too shallow, you need something at least an inch/2-3cm deep
ReplyDeleteThanks! Just got around to do it today, and it didn't disappoint! Very very morish!
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