Chocolate brownies

Name: Chocolate brownies
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 2 cups castor sugar (reduced to 1 and 1/2 cup; 1/2 cup buttermilk (or sour milk/maas); 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1/2 cup oil (vegetable or canola); 1/2 cup cocoa powder; 1 cup cold water; 125 g butter; 60 g butter; 2 1/2 tblsp buttermilk or maas; 2 tblsp cocoa powder; 1 1/2 cups icing sugar (reduce to 1 cup); 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips; 1/4 cup pecan nuts, chopped

Azrah Essop @cook_17442593

Recipe by @cookingandbakingcreations by Jameela Sayed. I have adjusted the sugar content of the original recipe. Definitely one for those with a #sweettooth

Azrah Essop @cook_17442593

Recipe by @cookingandbakingcreations by Jameela Sayed. I have adjusted the sugar content of the original recipe. Definitely one for those with a #sweettooth

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Ingredients

2 cupsflour
2 cupscastor sugar (reduced to 1 and 1/2 cup
1/2 cupbuttermilk (or sour milk/maas)
2eggs
1 tspvanilla essence
1 tspbicarbonate of soda
1/2 cupoil (vegetable or canola)
1/2 cupcocoa powder
1 cupcold water
125 gbutter
For the sauce/topping
60 gbutter
2 1/2tblsp buttermilk or maas
2tblsp cocoa powder
1 1/2 cupsicing sugar (reduce to 1 cup)
Optional
1/4 cupdark chocolate chips
1/4 cuppecan nuts, chopped

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Steps

1

Sift together flour and castor sugar. At this stage, you may add the optional ingredients - dar chocolate chips, chopped pecan nuts
2

Add and mix buttermilk (or sour milk/maas), eggs, vanilla essence, bicarbonate of soda in a jug. Add to the sifted dry ingredients above
3

Mix oil (vegetable or canola), cocoa powder, cold water, butter a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Allow to cool a little.
4

Add the boiled liquid ingredients, into the flour and buttermilk mixture. Fold well until all lumps are gone and the batter is smooth
5

Pour into greased baking dish and bake at 170°c or 150°c fan assist for 20-25 minutes. Check at 20mins. If you like your brownie more moist, check it at 20minutes. 25mins will ensure your brownie is a cakey texture
6

Heat the ingredients for the sauce and pour over the hot brownie when it's out of the oven. Serve and enjoy!