American Chocolate Brownie

Ingredients

  • 100g butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¾ cup flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ to ½ cup walnuts (optional)
  • ½ cup (or more!) chocolate chips

Method

  1. Melt butter until liquid and beat in eggs, sugar and vanilla with a fork
  2. Fold in sifted ingredients and nuts; Do not over mix!
  3. Spoon and spread mixture into a flat-bottomed, straight-sided tin (well greased or lined with baking paper)
  4. Sprinkle chocolate chips on the surface (these sink in during cooking)
  5. Cook in microwave 4 or 5 min on high
  6. Turn out and sprinkle with icing sugar