Chocolate Brownies

I made cupcakes with this recipe and used milk chocolate with nuts .

(By Mary Berry "100 Cakes and Bakes")

Makes 24

Cake tin needed: a 30 x 23 x 4 cm (12 x 9 x 1 1/2 in) tray bake tin or roasting tin

Ingredients:

275 gr (10 oz)butter, soften

375 gr (13 oz)caster sugar

4 large eggs

75 gr (3 oz)cocoa powder

100 gr (4 oz)self- raising flour

100 gr (4 oz)plain chocolate chips

Step One

 Preheat the oven to 180ºC/Fan 160ºC/gas 4.Cut a rectangle of non stick baking pasrchment to fit the base and sides of the tin. Grease the tin and then line it with paper, pushing it neatly into corners.
Step Two
 Measure all the ingredients into a large bowl and mix with a hand held electric mixer until evenly blended.
Step Three
 Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin, Scraping the sides of the bowl with a plastic spatula to remove all of it. Spread the mixture gently to the corners of the tin and level the surface with the back of the spatula.
Step Four
 Bake 40-45 minutes, until the brownies have a crusty top and skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Cover loosely with foil for the last 10 minutes if the mixture is browning too much. Allow the brownies to cool in tin and then cut into 24 squares. Store in an airtight tin.

ENJOY!!!!