Almost foolproof, and the only equipment needed is a saucepan, a spoon, and a baking tray.

Ingredients

• 200g butter
• ½ cup cocoa
  
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  
• 1 cup flour
• ½ tsp baking powder/soda
  
• 2 eggs

Optional Extras

• Block of chocolate, broken
• Chopped Walnuts
• White chocolate chips
• Habanero sauce 😈

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C, grease or line a tin. 
2. In a saucepan, melt the butter and cocoa together on very low heat
3. Add the salt, sugar, and vanilla and mix well.
4. Take the pot off the heat and sift in the flour, then mix Mix it in. 
5. Add the eggs, but make sure that the mix is not too hot. (otherwise the eggs will start to cook early) Beat them in really well.
6. Add any extra ingredients you’d like, either mixed in the batter or on top.
7. Spread evenly in the tin and bake for 20-25 minutes, preferably it’s still a little bit gooey.
8. Wait until cool, then tip out and cut into pieces. (it will be a bit too soft when first taken out of the oven)

Substitutions

The recipe works very well with substitutions:

• Dairy-free: swap butter for oil, skip heating step. Use dairy-free chocolate for extras.
• Gluten-free: use gluten-free flour substitute.
• Egg-free: swap 2 eggs for an equivalent amount of banana or applesauce.

The Brownie Game

For some fun, make two otherwise identical batches of brownies – one with habanero sauce, one without. Present mixed together in one pile. 🤯