Katharine Hepburn Brownies and Happy holidays !

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year

 

With Holiday season just around the corner I wanted to do this post  before it was  too late ! Whole food blogging world is full of Christmas bakes and I was feeling a bit left out and wanted to whip up something quick for you all and this Katherine Hepburn Brownies fitted the bill perfectly. It is literally a one bowl brownie, just stir everything together in a bowl and pop it an oven and a delicious brownie will be ready is less than 1 hour. They are perfect to gift for friends or to munch on with a cup of milk. I have to say, for a chocoholic like me, this brownies were kind of addictive. I made this cookies for giving it to a friend and good that I packed half of it to her or else I would have ended up eating whole lot of it in a single sitting.

Those who are wondering about the name of this recipe, its named after Katherine Hepburn (actress) who contributed this awesome recipe to us. I gave a little twist to the recipe by adding cashewnuts instead of walnuts and I think that lifted up the taste to a new level, I absolutely loved the cashewnuts in brownies and even my hubby who is not chocolate lover ate quite a lot !

Recipe source – Joy of baking

Ingredients

Dark Chocolate ( 70 % cocoa ) – 60 gm

Unsatled butter – 113 gm / ½ cup   

Granulated White Sugar – 200 gm /  1cup

Eggs – 2 large

Vanilla extract – ½ tsp

Plain flour/ Maida – 30 gm / ¼ cup

Salt – ¼ tsp

Chopped cashewnuts / walnuts – 100 gm

Method

1. Take butter and dark chocolate in a heat proof bowl and place them over a simmering pan of hot water until its melted.
2. Add sugar and stir in.
3. Break 2 eggs,add vanilla extract and stir in.
4. Add the flour, chopped nuts and stir in.
5. Pour the batter into a greased 8 inch square cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 165 degree Celcius for 30-35 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.