Christmas Chocolate Brownie Recipe

This is Sarah's family's tried and tested brownie recipe with a candy cane Christmas twist!

Ingredients

• 225g unsalted butter
• 225g plain chocolate
• 280g caster sugar
• 1tsp peppermint extract/flavour
• 4 eggs
• 140g plain flour
• 225g milk chocolate truffles
• Candy canes to top

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200C and line a brownie tin with baking paper.
2. Melt the dark chocolate and butter together in a bowl over a pan of boiling water.
3. Stir the sugar and peppermint extract into the chocolate mixture.
4. Beat the eggs and stir into the chocolate mixture.
5. Sift in flour, making sure it is all mixed in.
6. Pour the batter into the tin and then press the truffles into the mixture.
7. Bake for 15 minutes until the top looks baked.
8. Remove from the oven and plunge the bottom of the tray into ice water to stop the brownies cooking.
9. Chop/break the candy canes into little pieces and scatter over the brownies once completely cooled.

*If peppermint isn't your thing, swap for vanilla extract and top with nuts and dried fruit or try flavoured truffles - Lindor work very well!