Chocolate brownies with dried cranberries p.248 / 249

Well .... I had to make something quick and pleasurable with the limited time I had so conjured up these - with thanks of course to Paul Hollywood and his easy to follow instruction.

Be warned if you are on anti-coagulants e.g. warfarin / dabigratan use dried cherries instead of cranberries because cranberries will affect your INR levels.

That health warning aside ... so succulent and moist .... and yes, so very pleasurable leaving you wanting for more... enough said I will leave that to your imagination

Line your baking tin which should measure 20cms squared.





Melt your unsalted butter and chocolate - as Paul Hollywood used Bournville so did I, because you have the dark sultryness -( or is it sultriness ... hmmmmm anyway)  and not the sort of intense twangy... iron tang ... if you see what I mean ..








As they are melting in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water,  do be sure your bowl does not touch the water ... which can cause the chocolate to become thick and grainy - whisk the sugar and eggs together until it holds a trail when the beaters are lifted.



But by accident the mixer fell back and as it fell to the floor pulled the wires out the plug .... could have been a lot worse I guess so took to my faithful Kitchen Aid mixer
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Carefully fold  the chocolate mixture into the whisked eggs and sugar mix.

Sift the flour together with the baking powder and cocoa powder over the chcoclate mix.  Fold it in carefully so you don't knock out the air.

Finally fold in the cranberries and walnuts.
Pour the mix into your lined tin and place into your pre-heated oven for about 25-30 minutes until it has formed a crust but still soft in the middle ...

 

Look at these - crisp on the outside yet yieldingly soft in the inside.

 

Instead of wishing you could have some - make some ...

 

 

Go on ... try it ...



 

 

It's inviting you ...

Sprinkled with angel dust ....

OK ...lightly dusted with icing sugar.

Serve with ice cream ...Joe's ice cream if you from Swansesa, South Wales.  If you are not then since anything else is just ice cream start a campaign to get Joe's ice cream into your local stores - indeed start a  : 'We want Joe's Ice Cream Campaign'#
You can also serve it with creme fraiche, sorbet, cream .....

Now these are so moreish - beware - I warned you ! :)