29 Nov 2015

dark spelt brownies


You know you’re feeling better when you start thinking beyond food as medicine, food as fuel and vitamins, and you start craving dark chocolate brownies. And when you eat a good third of the slab in the first sitting. Sinfully rich fudgy brownies are very good convalescent food I have discovered, whether warm out of the oven or, surprisingly, fridge-cold and chewy-hard.

But hey, you can be in the peak of health and enjoy these too. So please do!
 
 
Dark spelt brownies
Adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe. Melt and mix and you’re done — what could be easier?
  • Preheat your oven to 180 and prep a 20 cm brownie tin.
  • In a large bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, melt 110 gms butter with 170 gms 70% cooking chocolate (I used Lindt brand). It will look like a black dream, but resist the temptation to toss aside the recipe and simply eat this…
  • Stir in ¾ cup white sugar plus ¾ cup dark brown sugar and once well combined, remove the bowl from the heat.
  • Stir in a scant ½ tspn salt, ¼ cup cocoa powder (Martha advises unsweetened; I used Cadbury’s Bourneville brand which was labelled ‘Dutch process’).
  • Fold thru 3 large rich eggs and then ¾ cup wholemeal spelt flour (I have to say, with all the deep chocolaty-ness going on, you can’t really tell it’s wholemeal or spelt. But it was a lovely fine flour and I look forward to baking with it again).
  • Finally if you wish, fold thru ½ cup walnut pieces.
  • Pour batter into the tin, making sure there’s enough left in the bowl and on the spoon for the cook to enjoy. Then bake for 35–45 minutes or until cooked: the sides pull away and the top gets that lovely crinkly top, but a skewer comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool in tin for a few minutes before lifting onto wire rack. Enjoy!  
Have another fudgy pic!

14 comments:

  1. So dark! These look fantastic x

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    1. yes, sooooo dark! and soooooo good :-) have a good week jane.

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  2. Lol-you are right! These are divine and VERY good for you. I often bake with wholemeal spelt flour :)

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    1. they're health food really, aren't they jem?
      this was my first time using spelt, and i'm looking forward to trying it in another plainer recipe. it had a beautifully fine, silky texture.

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  3. Oh my, they do look absolutely gorgeous. I have a bit of a cold coming on so I really should be eating some I think. Hope you are all better soon. CJ xx

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    1. CJ you really need to make a batch NOW then, to help you pull thru your cold :-) I am much better thank you - the healing powers of all those dark antioxidants :-)

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  4. How delicious! I have yet to buy some spelt flour... I find it is quite expensive.

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    1. it was expensive lizzy, so probably wasted in this recipe where the chocolate masked its qualities. but it's good to try new ingredients and recipes, isn't it?

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  5. What luscious dark brownies, I have copied and pasted your simple recipe to cook for the family but with plain white flour. Thanks E very nice :D

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    1. I hope they are just as decadent for you, merryn! and yes, I would use plain flour next time, too.

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  6. Oh I didnt know you werent well - hope you are all better by now. Chocolate really is the best medicine.

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    1. I am better thank you AA ,and yes, these chocolate brownies were much more palatable than the cough medicine I took - yeurch!

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  7. Very tasty chocolate dark spelt brownies .

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