bloomin' brilliant brownies
Serves 20 This great little recipe is taken from my Little Book Of Big Treats which I've put together exclusively for Comic Relief. All you have to do is bake a few of these and sell them to your friends, family, colleagues or schoolmates and you'll have raised an extra few quid for Comic Relief and their brilliant causes. What could be easier?
Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Line a 25cm square baking tin with greaseproof paper. In a large bowl over some simmering water, melt the butter and the chocolate and mix until smooth. Add the cherries and nuts, if you’re using them, and stir together. In a separate bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and sugar, then add this to the chocolate, cherry and nut mixture. Stir together well. Beat the eggs and mix in until you have a silky consistency.
Pour your brownie mix into the baking tray, and place in the oven for around 25 minutes. You don’t want to overcook them so, unlike cakes, you don’t want a skewer to come out all clean. The brownies should be slightly springy on the outside but still gooey in the middle. Allow to cool in the tray, then carefully transfer to a large chopping board and cut into chunky squares. These make a fantastic dessert served with a dollop of crème fraîche mixed with some orange zest.
• from
Jamie's Little Book of Big Treats
Ingredients
• 250g unsalted butter
• 200g dark Fairtrade chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken up
• optional: 75g dried sour cherries
• optional: 50g chopped nuts
• 80g cocoa powder, sifted
• 65g plain flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 360g caster sugar
• 4 large free-range or organic eggs
• optional: zest of 1 orange
• optional: 250ml crème fraîche
thanks for the recipe
they were amazing.
i cant wait to make them again
thanks jamie
xxx
I got a shock to see the gooeyness and continue baking for another 10 mins..
and now setting it to dry..
Have yet to try..Smells good though
Was amazing.
Theyre good lovers, Jamie you genius mate.
cheers Jamie
1st time i put inside frozen blueberries in spite of dried cherries.
Once i served it with fresh blackberries, another- with marcarpone and strawberries cram (just mixed together)...
everybody loved it and were impressed :)
: D
im 14 and i used this brownie recipe for my gcse's and i got a B+ :D
they were really really really gooood
thank you sooooooooooooooooo much jamie oliver ;)
love francesca xoxo
Thank you so much Jamie, what you are doing is absolutely fantastic, you are an inspiration not only to Britain but to all those expats who can pass it on to all their "new" countries.
I made them yesterday, it's like a little piece of heaven is melting on your tounge.
Love it11
they are very nice.
:D
Thanks for this great recipe!
Renata (Brazil)
I do mine with walnuts, and they tend to disappear quite quickly :)
Thanks for an amazing recipe,
Mafalda (Portugal)
I replaced cherries with pitted prunes and its went out really well. Thanks a lot for a really really simple brownies recipe. now.......for some addtional enhancers....
i use dried blueberries and macadamia nuts, and i haven't ever had a complaint. they go like there is no tomorrow... dried strawberries also go alright!! thanx jamie!!
hayden :)
thank you Jamie!!!!!
Ive never been that good with cooking but i just made these and the family loved them!
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i'm 25
Thanks Jamie
thanks for your time jamie/
christian harold
i love them soo much x
Your brownies are amazing and they’re one of my favourite recipes and just wanted to say thankyou. I hope you keep making amazing recipes I would give them 9 ½ out of 10 that means they so beautiful
Yours truly, Emma
Brownies are a kind of an addiction to me as well as cheesecakes. I tried many many recipes of brownie, however yours is the best one of my appetite!
Thanks for sharing it!
Best wishes from Istanbul
chelsea ,13
australia
cheers
Helen
x
Thank you very much, these are d e l i c i o u s
Thank you very much, Jamie
xx
I tried out your recipe for my first ever brownies for Christmas Eve dinner with the family and they LOVED it!! They were truly impressed that this was my first attempt at making brownies.
Your recipes are thorough and easy to follow with useful tips! Thanks Jamie!!
However, as I'm a bit weight conscious I used less butter...abt 150-200g will do.
I served them for desert with fresh strawberries after a heavy casserole….they were amazing. One of my guests said I was a ‘phenomenal cook’….I did confess it was a Jamie Oliver recipe.
This will be a stable recipe in my portfolio. Fabulous!!
They are fab!
well, i am doing,
theyre just...FABBY!
we eat the cookies at once but i didn't put cherries on the cookies.is that all right?or the cherries give an extra taste?
Thanks a lot,
Jana.
i am going to try and make these in my food tech lesson on monday, i was just wandering, about how long do they take to make?!
x
please could someone who has made them reply.
thanx
x
bye!
Netherlands
(13 years old)
Simply the best!!!!
Argus, Zug (Switzerland)