To make 15 yummy brownies, you will need:
*175g (6oz) margarine/butter
*350g (12oz) caster sugar
*1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
*3 eggs
*125g (5oz) plain flour
*1 level teaspoon of baking powder
*50g (2oz) cocoa
*175g (6oz) chocolate chips
*a rectangular tin
Heat your oven to 180C, 350F gas mark 4 in step 2.
METHOD:
1. Lay the tin on a piece of greaseproof paper or baking parchment. Draw around it, the cut out the rectangle.
2. Wipe a little margarine over the inside of the tin. Lay the paper rectangle in the tin, then wipe it, too. Then, turn on your oven.
3. Put the margarine into a saucepan an melt it on a low heat. Pour it into a large bowl, then stir in the sugar and vanilla.
4. Break the eggs into a small bowl and stir them with a fork. Add them to the large bowl, a little at a time. Stir them in well.
5 Sift the flour through a sieve into the large . Add the baking powder and cocoa, then mix everything well.
6. Add the chocolate chips to the mixture then stir them in.
7. Spoon the mixture into the tin and smooth the top a little. Then, bake it in the oven for about 40 minutes.
8. Using oven gloves, lift out the the tin. the mixture will have risen and have a crust on the top, but will still be soft in the middle.
9. After 5 minutes, cut the cooked mixture into 15 squares. Then, put the brownies onto a wire rack to cool.
Store in an airtight container and eat within a week. You don't have to put in the chocolate chips, you could put in something else like nuts, but DO NOT give them to people who are allergic to them...
...happy baking.
