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Rich Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Posted on by maya

Every once in a while we all crave something rich, decadent and chocolatey (unless of course you’re allergic/don’t like chocolate, in which case you’re unfortunately missing out on one of the great joys of life). The summer holidays are a great time to bake a batch of brownies and share them with friends and family (or alternatively, enjoy them by yourself on the couch while watching your favourite TV show 😉 ). For years this has been my go-to brownie recipe and I’ve included step-by-step photos to make sure it’s really easy to follow. I thought this was the perfect thing to post on Father’s Day, since I’m absolutely certain that no Dad could resist freshly baked brownies. Let me know in the comments below what you guys like to bake/do during the holidays and if you found this recipe helpful!signature

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Ingredients

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100g/ 1/2 cup butter

175g/ 3/4 cup caster (granulated) sugar

175g / 1/2 cup dark muscovado sugar

125g dark chocolate

1 tbsp golden syrup

2 eggs

100g / 3/4 plain (all-purpose) flour

2 tsbp cocoa powder

1/2 tsp baking powder

Method

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1. Gently heat butter, sugars, chocolate and golden syrup in a heavy based saucepan. Stir until mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.

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2. Beat together eggs, then whisk in the cooled chocolate mixture.

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3. Sieve together the flour, cocoa powder and baking sugar and fold into the egg and chocolate mixture.

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4. Mix until ingredients are well combined.

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5. Spoon the brownie mixture into a lightly greased cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 180’C/350’F for approx. 30 minutes, or until the top is crisp and the edge of the brownie starts to shrink away from the tin.brownies 8

6. Technically, you’re supposed to leave the cake to cool before cutting it into squares to serve. However, seeing as you’ve put in all this hard work, I think its perfectly acceptable for the chef to try some while it’s still warm ;).

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The Best Cookie Recipe EVER

Posted on by maya

 

Hey Artsy Teens,

Happy Valentine’s day! I hope you’re all having a good week. I was actually going to post this recipe earlier, but I then I thought better not – there still might be a few people determined to stick to all those “stay healthy” new year’s resolutions. But I think I’ve left a sufficient amount of time for everyone to have given up on them by now, right? Also, I realize that calling these the best cookies ever might be a bit presumptuous but hey, if you really want to prove me wrong you’ll just have to try making them yourself 😉 !
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Ingredients

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1 cup butter, melted

1 cup caster/granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

4 cups all purpose/plain flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cup chocolate chips (I saved a few to put on top of the cookies)

1 tbsp cocoa powder

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180’C/350’F.
  2. Cream the butter and sugars together.
  3. Mix in vanilla extract and eggs.
  4. Add the flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt.
  5. Mix well and add chocolate chips.
  6. Take about 2 tbsps of the mixture and using your hands, roll the balls and place on a cookie sheet*. Flatten each cookie with a fork and press a few chocolate chips on top.
  7. Bake for 9-11 minutes until the cookies look golden (the cookies will still be soft to the touch, but don’t worry – they’ll harden as they cool). Enjoy!

*If the cookie dough is a bit sticky, rub some vegetable oil onto your hands to prevent the dough from sticking to your fingers.

Scrumptious Christmas Muffins!

Posted on by maya

Hey Artsy Teens,

I’m finally on holidays which  means I can fully register the fact that it’s officially Christmas time!

Am I the only one who has this realisation less than a week before the 25th of December? Because honestly, even though everyone else has been in full on holiday-mode since November 1st, I’ve been so caught up in exams, Netflix and being antisocial that I’ve only just started getting into the Christmas mood.

Anyways, no school means I have plenty of time to focus on blogging, last-minute gift buying/ making and most importantly, festive food!

On that note here’s a recipe for delicious Christmas muffins that I hope you’ll all enjoy.

Mincemeat muffins

Ingredients – Makes 10

300g self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground mixed spice

100g soft light brown sugar

175g mincemeat

1 egg, lightly beaten

175ml buttermilk

1 tbsp milk

2 tsp demerara sugar / sprinkles

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 200’C/400’F. Grease muffin tin or line with paper muffin cases.
  2. Mix flour, baking powder, mixed spice and brown sugar in a large bowl. In a separate bowl or jug, mix together the mincemeat, egg, melted butter, buttermilk and milk. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
  3. Spoon the batter into prepared muffin cups, then sprinkle the tops with demerara sugar / sprinkles .
  4. Bake for 18-20min until risen and golden. Cool in tin for 10 min then turn onto a wire rack.