Chocolate Brownies

Not only do these brownies taste AMAZING, they are also super easy to make and work out much cheaper than a lot of recipes out there since they barely use much chocolate despite tasting uber chocolatey. I love them served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Delish.

Ingredients: 

• 55g cocoa powder
• 50ml boiling water
• 85g unsalted butter/margarine, melted
• 225g caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 100g plain flour
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 100g chocolate chips

Simple Steps:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C and line a 20cm (8") square cake tin.
2. Mix together the cocoa powder and boiling water then add half the melted butter.
3. Add the rest of the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla and mix.
4. Sieve in the flour and baking powder and mix.
5. Stir in the chocolate chips.
6. Pour into the baking tin and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until the top is firm to touch.
7. Cut into squares and leave to cool in the tin.

Tips and Tricks:

• Mix it up by using a combination of white, milk and dark chocolate chips.
• If you haven't got chocolate chips, cut up bits of a chocolate bar works just as well and is also a cheaper alternative.
• If you really don't have time, pick some up from Bread Ahead in Borough Market (2 for £4)