❣ Mmm chocolate

in the early nineties, we got our first computer and internet access :

remember those days of dial-up?

that was when I started using the name chocolategirl online :

it wasn't a difficult decision as I had a habit of eating too much of the brown stuff :

even for breakfast :

*not anymore dear readers, just for treats*

the recipe I am about to share was sent to me by an

internet 'friend' as she thought they'd appeal, given my nickname and all :

it's a treat and a real hit with chocolate lovers everywhere :

miss jenny ann's chocolate brownies

you will need :

4 tablespoons cocoa powder *the best you can get*

100g butter

200g sugar *or 1 cup*

*yes I can hear you all gasping at this amount of sugar but just this once let's indulge 

and it's what makes them gooey and gorgeous inside*

2 eggs

75g plain flour *or ½ cup*

½ teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

preheat your oven to 180°c/gas 4/350°f

grease or line a 20 x 20cm baking tin

over a low heat melt the butter and cocoa powder :

* I give it a quick zap in the microwave until melted*

leave to cool :

in a large bowl mix the dry ingredients together and add the vanilla extract :

break the eggs to your cooled chocolatey-butter mixture and stir well :

now tip the wet ingredients into the bowl of dry stuff and mix carefully :

don't over do it!

your mix will be quite thick and gorgeously glossy :

pile into your prepared tin, smooth over and bake for

15 - 20 minutes ~ it should be springy to touch but fudgey inside :

meanwhile naughty daughter licks out the bowl :

wash up and breath in the yummy chocolate smell that is

tempting you from the oven :

check your brownies after 15 minutes:

you know the drill ~ prod and see if it's springy in the middle ....

leave to cool in the tin then cut into squares and grab one now while 

you have the chance! :

thank you Miss Jenny Ann ^_^