Biscuits, Bars And Cookies
Recipes - Raisin Brownies
Ingredients
115g/1/2 cup butter or margarine
50g/1/2 cup cocoa powder
2
eggs
225g/generous 1 cup caster sugar
5ml/1 tsp vanilla essence
40g/1/3 cup plain flour
75g/3/4 cup chopped walnuts
75g/generous 1/2 cup raisins
Method:
Preheat the oven
to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Line the base and sides of a
20cm/8in square baking tin with greaseproof paper
and grease the paper.
Gently melt the
butter or margarine in a small saucepan. Remove from
the heat and stir in the cocoa powder. With an
electric mixer, beat the eggs, sugar and vanilla
together until light. Add the cocoa mixture and stir
to blend.
Sift the flour
over the cocoa mixture and gently fold in. Add the
walnuts and raisins and scrape the mixture into the
prepared baking tin.
Bake in the
centre of the oven for 30 minutes. Leave in the tin
to cool before cutting into 5cm/2in squares and
removing. The brownies should be soft and moist.