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Simple brownies

Name: Simple brownies
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 100 g Butter; 1 cup Brown sugar; 1 Egg; 1 tsp Vanilla essence/extract; ¾ cup Flour; ¼ cup Cocoa powder; 1 tsp Baking powder; ½ cup Chocolate bits, chopped nuts or sultanas; 1 ½ Tbsp Cocoa powder; 1 ¼ cups Icing sugar; 0 Water, until it's easy to spread

20 min

for 24 people

NZ Herald

Ingredients

100 g	Butter
1 cup	Brown sugar
1	Egg
1 tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
¾ cup	Flour
¼ cup	Cocoa powder
1 tsp	Baking powder
½ cup	Chocolate bits, chopped nuts or sultanas

Icing sugar

1 ½ Tbsp	Cocoa powder
1 ¼ cups	Icing sugar
0	Water, until it's easy to spread

Directions

Preheat oven to 165C. Position oven rack in middle of oven.
Line the base of a 20x30 cm sponge roll tin with greaseproof or baking paper and grease lightly.
Soften the butter, add sugar and beat with a wooden spoon until well combined.
Add egg and beat in thoroughly.
Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder together and stir into liquid.
Stir in chosen addition (or leave out if preferred).
Spread into prepared tin.
Bake for 20 minutes. The top will be set but the mixture will appear softish.
Cool in tin. This can then be iced, drizzled with chocolate or dusted with icing sugar. When topping is set, cut with a sharp knife into squares or bars.