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    Kershni’s minted chocolate chip brownies

    Ingredients

    • 180g castor sugar
    • 125g butter
    • 30ml water
    • 250ml dark chocolate chips
    • 2 tsp vanilla essence
    • 150g flour
    • 1 tsp baking soda
    • Pinch salt
    • 2 eggs
    • 250ml milk chocolate chips
    • 50g icing sugar
    • 1 tsp mint essence
    • Mint leaves, to garnish

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat oven to 180*C.

    2

    Grease and line a 20x20 square baking tin.

    3

    Place sugar, butter and water in a pot and heat over a medium heat until butter is melted.

    4

    Remove pot from heat add dark chocolate. Stir it gently until chips are melted and all is combined.

    5

    Stir in vanilla and let stand for 5 minutes to cool. After cooled, beat eggs into chocolate mixture, one at a time.

    6

    Add flour and mix well. Stir in milk chips and mint essence and spread butter into a baking pan.

    7

    Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove pan to wire rack and let cool completely before you slice the brownies into 12 squares.

    8

    Serve on tray, dust with icing sugar and garnish with fresh mint leaves.

    Imka Webb
    Author

    Imka Webb is a freelance digital marketing expert and the digital editor of Food & Home Entertaining magazine.  www.imkawebb.com