So this man Tin carries his home comforts when he is working away from home, including sweets, chocolate and coffee sachets.
One of his extended "hotel family" asked if i'd ever made Coconut brownies, I googled some recipes and gave them a try, this recipe is from the BBC Good Food website, which I always consider to be a reliable source, but I was amazed by the amount of Sugar in this recipe, but If like me your trying to lose the extra lb.'s from Christmas, just make sure when you try this recipe you eat the results in moderation, don't panic as the finished Brownies do freeze well, but don't let the sugar content stop you making the brownies as they are awesome.
Ingredients
- 100g cocoa
- 250g butter
- 500g golden caster sugar
- 4 eggs , beaten
- 100g self-raising flour
- 100g desiccated coconut { I used 50g desiccated coconut & 50g shredded toasted coconut }
- 1tsp Coconut essence
- Icing sugar , to dust (optional)
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
- Line the base of a 21cm square tin with baking parchment.
- Put the cocoa, butter, coconut essence and sugar in your largest saucepan and gently melt, stirring so the mixture doesn't catch.
- When the cocoa mixture is melted and combined, cool slightly, then stir in the eggs, little by little, followed by the flour and coconut.
- Tip into the tin and bake for 45 mins on a middle shelf - check after 30 mins and cover with another piece of baking parchment if the crust is browning too much. I used my top oven { not fan assisted } & the brownies took 55 minutes to cook
- Cool in the tin, then carefully lift out and cut into squares.
- Lightly dust with Icing Sugar.
These are a really heavy indulgent brownie that i think is more like a pudding brownie than a cake and would be lovely served Warm with Cream or Ice cream