{"id":609,"date":"2024-08-02T11:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/?p=609"},"modified":"2024-08-02T11:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:09:41","slug":"dangerous-chocolate-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/2024\/08\/02\/dangerous-chocolate-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous Chocolate Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Almost foolproof, and the only equipment needed is a saucepan, a spoon, and a baking tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>200g butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd cup cocoa<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla essence<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd tsp baking powder\/soda<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Optional Extras<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Block of chocolate, broken<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chopped Walnuts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White chocolate chips<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Habanero sauce \ud83d\ude08<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C, grease or line a tin.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a saucepan, melt the butter and cocoa together on very low heat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the salt, sugar, and vanilla and mix well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take the pot off the heat and sift in the flour, then mix  Mix it in.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the eggs, but make sure that the mix is not too hot. <em>(otherwise the eggs will start to cook early)<\/em> Beat them in really well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add any extra ingredients you&#8217;d like, either mixed in the batter or on top.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spread evenly in the tin and bake for 20-25 minutes, preferably it&#8217;s still a little bit gooey.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait until cool, then tip out and cut into pieces. (it will be a bit too soft when first taken out of the oven)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Substitutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The recipe works very well with substitutions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dairy-free: swap <strong>butter<\/strong> for <strong>oil<\/strong>, skip heating step. Use dairy-free chocolate for extras.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gluten-free: use gluten-free flour substitute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Egg-free: swap <strong>2 eggs<\/strong> for an equivalent amount of <strong>banana<\/strong> or <strong>applesauce<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Brownie Game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For some fun, make two otherwise identical batches of brownies &#8211; one with habanero sauce, one without. Present mixed together in one pile. \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost foolproof, and the only equipment needed is a saucepan, a spoon, and a baking tray. Ingredients Optional Extras Method Substitutions The recipe works very well with substitutions: The Brownie Game For some fun, make two otherwise identical batches of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/2024\/08\/02\/dangerous-chocolate-brownies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[39,42,43],"class_list":["post-609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-chocolate","tag-food-2","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}