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Ultimate Chocolate Brownies

~ Huma ~ 13 Comments
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This recipe is from the book 500 Best Ever Cakes & Bakes by Martha Day.I fell in love with this book on first sight. This was the first cookery book purchased by me from the tuition which I used to take during my college days & thus very close to my heart. It covers cookies, bars, biscuit, pies, celebration cakes & all the basics of cake decorating. You name it  & it has.

This booked has helped me lot in honing my baking skills. All the recipes given there gives excellent result.

When I was getting married I gave away all the books I had to my sisters & cousins. But not  this book. Sorry dears I am not ready or ever will be to part with it.
 Sorry guys I am going gaga over this book.  I have an too much emotional attachment to it. 

 
I don’t mind even being called crazy by my HB when he sees me reading recipes from the book from time to time ( which is often).

Now back to the recipe.

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Make 12 pcs.
Ingredients:

175 gm or 3/4cup butter
40 gm / 6 tbsp cocoa power (I use HINTZ)
2 eggs lightly beaten
175 gm / 1 cup soft light brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup chopped pecan/almond/walnut
50 gm or 1/2 cup self raising flour
Cherries to decorate (opt)
Icing sugar to sprinkle (opt)
 
 
METHOD: 

 
 
  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C .Grease or line the tray.
  • Melt butter and stir in cocoa powder.Set aside to cool
  • When cool add in chopped nuts (I used almond)
  • Beat together sugar, eggs and vanilla essence
  • Fold in the sifted flour
  • Pour the mixture on the greased tray and bake for 20- 25 minutes.(Depends on your oven) , until risen
  • Do the skewer test.When done remove from the oven.( The mixture will be still be quite soft and a little wet., but it cooks further while  cooling).And leave it to cool in the tray.
  • When cool cut into squares and sprinkle icing sugar or powdered sugar & garnish with cherries. 

Crunchy Almond Choco Ice Cream

~ Huma ~ 2 Comments
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I like to flavor my basic ice cream with different flavoring.  I am not ready to change the recipe for preparing ice cream other than this manner. Just because of its simplicity and I have these ingredients available every time in storage.


I know this is quite rich. But having it in small proportions and proper exercise can burn the fat.My funda is to eat what you love BUT in small proportion and always workout. 

So this time it is CRUNCHY ALMOND CHOCO CHIP ICE CREAM




Servings:  750 – 800 gms


INGREDIENTS:

375 ml cream CHILLED
400 gm condense milk (1 tin)
1 tsp vanilla essence

For preparing basic ice cream  click HERE. It should be semi set.

5 tbsp chocolate chips
20 – 25 Roasted Almonds roughly chopped




Now assembling the Ice Cream:

Take out semi set ice cream from freezer. Mix in the roughly chopped almond & chocolate chips.Pour it in a air tight container and freeze over night in freezer at medium temperature



SCOOP in a cup & Njoy!!!!!