Recipe: Raspberry and Chocolate Brownies

I absolutely love baking this, with fresh raspberries, picked from my allotment , you can see more about that here: https://www.instagram.com/latina.gardener.uk/

Back to the brownies , hope you enjoy them too !!

Makes 12

Ingredients:

200g good plain chocolate, broken into chunks. ( you could also use dark chocolate, I used a 54% cocoa solids dark chocolate for brownies)
125g butter ( at room temperature)
275g Soft light-brown sugar
1tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
100g plain flour, sifted
2tbsp cocoa powder
125g raspberries


Butter and line 20cm. square tin with grease-proof paper ( I used a rectangular tin) , allow the paper to come up the edges, this will help you to remove the brownies.

Put half of the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Stir to help it melt then remove and allow to cool a little. Chop the rest into little chips.

Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla then the eggs, a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in the flour and cocoa followed by the melted chocolate. Stir in the raspberries and the chocolate chips.

Scrape the mixture into the prepared tin.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C/350 F/ gas mark 4 for 55 minutes until just firm to the touch (the skewer test doesn't work as the centre is still molten).

Leave the brownies in the tin until warm - they will continue to "set"- then run a knife between the paper and tin and carefully lift the paper out. Cut them and enjoy !!


I had these with ice cram.. and it was delicious 

Enjoy xx