Fudge Walnut Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup plain flour
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate (good quality)
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup walnut halves, broken into pieces

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat the oven to 180*c/350*f.
• 2 grease and flour the bottom of an 8 inch square glass baking dish; tap out any extra flour.
• 3 melt the butter along with the chocolate over low heat in a large pot.
• 4 allow to cool, then stir in the sugar, eggs (one at a time) vanilla, flour and salt, mixing with a wooden spoon and being careful not to over mix, no more than 50 strokes!
• 5 pour batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• 6 bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out a little wet if you want fudgy brownies.
• 7 bake until it comes out cleaner if you want cake type brownies, about 40 to 45 minutes for the fudgy ones.
• 8 let cool a bit before cutting into squares.