Chocolate Cashew Nut Brownies
Have the urge to bake something for Christmas but it has been raining cats and dogs and i only have limited ingredients to do my baking, hence, i settled with this brownie, instead of the traditional way baking on baking tin i baked in in the tart mould and cupcake mould.
Here you go the recipe of my Chocolate Cashew Nut Brownies
Ingredients:
225g softened butter, a little extra for greasing
150g black cooking chocolate button
225g self-raising flour (sifted)
100g - 125g caster sugar (use according to how sweet your tooth is.. i used 100g)
4 eggs (beaten)
75g - 100g Cashew nuts, chopped (you can use pecan nut, walnut, pistachio or whatever nuts of your preference)
100g chocolate button
* optional : icing sugar for dusting
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180c
2. Grease the moulds or if you are using square baking tin grease and line with baking paper.
3. Place the cooking chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Keep stirring until totally melted and set aside.
4.Mix the self-raising flour with caster sugar.
5. Stir the beaten eggs into the melted chocolate mixture and pour the well mixed chocolate mixture into the self-raising flour and caster sugar mixture and beat well.
6. Stir in the cashew nuts and chocolate buttons into the well mixed mixture.
7. Pour the mixture into the moulds or the baking tin.
8. Bake in the oven for 30 to 35mins depending on the tin that you use or until firm to touch around the edges.
9. Once it's done leave to cool for 20min.
10. Turn out onto a wire rack. you can dust with icing sugar or other toppings like chocolate ganache.
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Here you go the recipe of my Chocolate Cashew Nut Brownies
Ingredients:
225g softened butter, a little extra for greasing
150g black cooking chocolate button
225g self-raising flour (sifted)
100g - 125g caster sugar (use according to how sweet your tooth is.. i used 100g)
4 eggs (beaten)
75g - 100g Cashew nuts, chopped (you can use pecan nut, walnut, pistachio or whatever nuts of your preference)
100g chocolate button
* optional : icing sugar for dusting
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180c
2. Grease the moulds or if you are using square baking tin grease and line with baking paper.
3. Place the cooking chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Keep stirring until totally melted and set aside.
4.Mix the self-raising flour with caster sugar.
5. Stir the beaten eggs into the melted chocolate mixture and pour the well mixed chocolate mixture into the self-raising flour and caster sugar mixture and beat well.
6. Stir in the cashew nuts and chocolate buttons into the well mixed mixture.
7. Pour the mixture into the moulds or the baking tin.
8. Bake in the oven for 30 to 35mins depending on the tin that you use or until firm to touch around the edges.
9. Once it's done leave to cool for 20min.
10. Turn out onto a wire rack. you can dust with icing sugar or other toppings like chocolate ganache.
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