Brownies

Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients

• 250g butter
• 2 cups caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 plain flour
• 3/4 cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180c. Line a 20x30cm slab pan with non-stick baking paper. 
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat. Stir in the sugar. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and stir until mixture is thick and glossy.
3. Sift the flour & cocoa powder over the egg mixture and stir until well combined. Stir in the Vanilla. Spread over the base of the prepared pan.
4. Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Set aside in the pan to cool.

*Bonus - Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients

• 60g butter, softened
• 2x tablespoons cocoa
• 1x tablespoons honey
• 1x teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cups icing sugar

Method

Combine together in a bowl; butter, cocoa, honey, vanilla, and icing sugar until smooth. Ice brownies while the are still warm. When cool cut into squares.

Anzac Biscuits

Homemade Anzac Biscuits are a favourite in our house. They are quick and easy to make, and taste heavenly. They are perfect to add to my children’s lunch boxes, and as a morning snack with my coffee.


Ingredients

• 1 cup (150g) plain flour

• 1 cup (90g) rolled oats

• 1 cup (85g) desiccated coconut

• 3/4 cup (155g) brown sugar

• 125g butter

• 2 tbs golden syrup

• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper. Sift the flour into a large bowl. Stir in the oats, coconut and brown sugar.

2. Put the butter, golden syrup and 2 tbs water in a small saucepan. Stir over a medium heat until melted. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda.

3. Pour the butter mixture into the flour mixture and stir until combined.

4. Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls. Place on the trays, about 5cm apart.

5. Press with a fork to flatten slightly. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

6. Set aside on the trays for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack so it cools completely.

Sometimes I melt milk chocolate and drizzle it on top as an extra treat!

How cute is the little blue dragonfly plate above? My daughter Alex made it when she was in grade one (6 years ago)

Choc Chip Cookies

One of my favorite things to do is bake cookies for the kids (husband & myself included) to eat. Nothing tastes better than the homemade kind plus you know what's in them!

(recipe from choc bits packet)

225g butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup nestle milk choc bits

Preheat  oven to 190.C. Cream butter and sugar in a medium bowl. Beat in sweetened condensed milk. Cream until mixture is light and fluffy. Sift flour and baking powder. Stir into butter mixture with milk choc bits. Roll tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls. Place on a lined oven tray. Press biscuits down to flattern. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown.

I also press some of the left over choc bits into the top of the biscuits before cooking, it make them look pretty!