Salted Caramel Brownies

These brownies are a super indulgent dessert and perfect for any chocolate lovers. They are incredibly gooey and rich. While the serving size is 9 (as if it was a dessert portions are generally bigger) if I were to make these for my family over the weekend, I do prefer bitesize brownie pieces with a cup of tea so I tend to cut them smaller just for that hit of chocolate without feeling like I just ate a selection box in 20mins without breathing.

Brownie ingredients:

• 200g (7oz) dark chocolate (chopped)

• 150g (5oz) butter

• 225g (8oz) caster sugar

• 3 eggs, beaten

• 150g self raising flour

• 2 tbsp salted caramel

Caramel Ingredients

• 150ml single cream

• 150g butter (cubed)

• 150ml boiling water

• 300g caster sugar

• 1 ½ tsp flaked sea salt

Method

To make salted caramel:

1. Melt sugar in boiling water until completely dissolved (Don’t stir at all once you turn on the heat or sugar will crystallise and your pot will be a nightmare to clean)

2. Keep an eye on mixture closely as it will bubble and thicken and once it starts to change colour, it will darken quickly (will take about 10 minutes once the sugar has dissolved)

3. Once colour starts to deepen to a golden colour take off the heat and whisk in butter & cream until combined

4. Once the mixture resembles caramel, stir in the flaked salt to desired saltiness.

5. Leave to cool

6. Line a 8inch baking dish with butter & greaseproof paper for brownies

To make brownies:

1. Preheat oven to 180 Celsius (fan oven)

2.   Melt butter & chocolate over pot of water ( known as a bain- marie).

3. Once melted, add the sugar until dissolved.

4. Take off the heat and slowly add the beaten egg

5. Fold in the sifted flour

6. Add 2 heaped tbsp of the salted caramel to the brownie batter and stir into mix

7. Bake for 35-45mins

8. Do not attempt to slice brownies until at least 30 mins after coming out of the oven as they are still cooking as they are cooling and will fall apart if sliced too soon as they are a very moist (sorry for the use of that word lol)

9. Once sliced, drizzle remainder of salted caramel on top or serve with a dollop of vanilla ice-cream and caramel poured over

(697cals if divided into 9 / 349cals if split into 18)