Chocolate Chip Brownies

Made this last Sunday but I didn't manage to post d recipe till now. I made this for a friend of mine which was feeling a bit down. He loves chocolate and keep reminding me of the brownies I made previously for him from a premix. This time I opt to make it from scratch since Happy Home Baking has a pretty easy recipe to try.

He loved it and he felt a bit better after the treat. I think it won't be long till he request for it again.

Ingredients:

• 150 g semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 120 ml sunflower oil
• 180 g light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 65 g self-raising flour
• 4 tablespoon cocoa powder (unsweetened)

Optional:

• 1/2 cup Chopped walnuts (I omitted this)
• 1/2 cup Chocolate chips

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degC. Lightly grease a shallow 19cm/7.5 inch square pan.
2. Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water.
3. Beat together oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla essence in a mixing bowl. (I used a whisk for this)
4. Stir in the melted chocolate then beat well until evenly mixed.
5. Sift the flour and cocoa powder into the batter. With a spatula, fold thoroughly until all the flour mixture incorporates into the batter.
6. Stir in walnuts and chocolate chips. Mix well.
7. Pour the mixture into the prepared square tin. Spread the mixture evenly to the edges. (The mixture is rather sticky and gooey.)
8. Bake for about 30 ~ 35 mins until the top is firm and crusty. Cool in the pan before cutting into squares.

Inspired by Happy Home Baking. Her recipe can be found here.