Name: You’ll go nuts for these Choc Pecan Brownies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 180g dark cooking chocolate, chopped; 200g butter, chopped; 2 tsp instant coffee granules; 1½ cups caster sugar; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 cup roughly chopped pecans; ½ cup plain flour; ¼ cup self-raising flour; ¼ cup cocoa powder, plus extra to decorate

You’ll go nuts for these Choc Pecan Brownies

Your ultimate chocolate fix.

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Serves 12

Prep

20M

Cook

45M

Total

1H 5M

TIP – Pecans can be replaced with walnuts. Keep brownies in an airtight container for up to five days.

Ingredients

180g dark cooking chocolate, chopped

200g butter, chopped

2 tsp instant coffee granules

1½ cups caster sugar

3 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup roughly chopped pecans

½ cup plain flour

¼ cup self-raising flour

¼ cup cocoa powder, plus extra to decorate

Method

Step 1.

Grease an 18cm x 28cm slice pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, extending paper 4cm above pan edges.

Step 2.

Combine chocolate, butter and coffee in a large heatproof bowl. Sit bowl over a large saucepan of simmering water. Stir until smooth. Remove bowl from pan. Cool slightly.

Step 3.

Stir sugar into chocolate mixture until combined. Add eggs, pecans and combined sifted flours and cocoa. Stir until combined. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Smooth over top.

Step 4.

Cook in a 160°C preheated oven for about 35-40 mins, or until just firm to touch. Remove. Cool in pan.

Step 5.

Cut brownie into squares. Dust with extra sifted cocoa.

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