23/01/2019
I made some very yummy brownies the other day. I needed some slice to take and I wanted something easy to make that I could use my ripe apricots in. I googled apricot and chocolate brownie and all the recipes were using dried apricots, which is obviously a different thing to adding some wet ones to the batter. Then I saw a link for adults only brownie, which of course was intriguing. So I clicked it and it said it was adults only because it was very rich, made using excellent quality cocoa. SO I used that recipe as a base and made up my own. I reduced the original recipe by 1 egg, half a cup of cocoa and all the butter. The recipe was Excellent. It was soft and light and fluffy and moist, well, light for a brownie. Very chocolatey and you could just taste the apricot. Yum Yum Yum. I also added hazelnuts. They were from last years crop, but fine as we store them in the shell and only crack as needed.
So, heat the oven to 170 C non fan forced. Line your pan with cooking paper. A 25cm square one or one with similar surface area.
Ingredients:
3 eggs
I cup cacao powder (or good quality cocoa)
2 cups brown sugar
four very ripe apricots, mashed with a fork.
A cup of hazelnuts roughly chopped. Toasted if you like. Definitely shelled (😀)
1/2 cup plain flour. I used freshly ground whole meal flour. I have a wheat grinder. If using white flour you could possible add a bit more flour.
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil. I do not use butter or any other veg oils.
Beat eggs lightly with a fork until nicely scrambled.
Mix in sugar and oil and stir. Then add all the other dry ingredients and then cook until firmish. It doesn't matter if skewer comes out slightly sticky. About 40 minutes. Don't over cook or it might become dry.
So, with the exception of the sugar this is a lovely healthy recipe. Nuts, apricots, organic cacao powder, wholemeal flour etc. Lots of fibre and anti oxidants!
Hope you enjoy it.
