Brownies....sinful delights!!!

Brownies was a pending post for me from such a long time.I have tried this fool proof brownies recipe long back from Nita Mehta's book,the outcome was very dark chocolaty and chewy brownie and this was a instant hit at my house.Hubby dear had carried some with him to the office and everything was finished with in a matter of seconds,that is the effect of these Brownies!!

As his friends were asking him to get these brownies , I again prepared them and have sent almost the complete batch(saving some 4 for us) with him and the verdict was again the same thing,hubby dear did not get to taste in office...hmm...After all Brownies are loved by everyone,no age barrier too!!

This is my entry to Poornima’s (@ Tasty Treats) “For the Love of Chocolate” event.

Ingredients:
150 gms(2/3 cup) white butter
400gms sugar
85gms Maida/regular flour
85gms Cocoa powder
3 Eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips( not in the original recipe,I added it for extra chocolaty taste)
3/4 cup walnuts-cut into small pieces or crushed roughly with a rolling pin

Method:

• Sift flour,baking powder and cocoa together.

• Melt butter in a deep pan on low heat.Add brown sugar and mix well with a wooden spoon on very low heat for about 5 mins till well blended.Remove from fire and cool completely.
• Add one egg to cooled butter-sugar mix and mix well with a wooden spoon.Add the other two eggs one by one and mix again.

• Add vanilla essence to it and mix again.
• Keeping aside 1/4 cup walnuts,mix the rest of the walnuts with the flour.
• Fold the flour mixture in the butter-egg mixture very gently with a spatula or spoon.

• Grease an 8" square tin , transfer the cake mixture in it to get 1" thick layer of the mixture.Sprinkle the remaining walnuts and bake for 25-30 mins at 180 degrees or till done.
• Cool completely and remove it from tin and cut it into squares.

Store it in a Air-tight container,Stays good for 2 days.If you want to keep it for longer time,refrigerate them and pop them up in microwave for 30 secs when required.

Serving suggestions:
Warm it up in Microwave and serve it hot with Vanilla Ice-cream and chocolate sauce over it.

I am sending this to the event Mithai Mela hosted by srivalli of Cooking 4 all seasons.

Serve it warm with Vanilla ice-cream on top with some chocolate sauce,it tastes heaven.