Best Chocolate Date Brownie

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 2 cups Dates

• Refrigerated

  • 4 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 2 cups Caster sugar
  • 1 cup Cocoa
  • 250 g Dark chocolate
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 200 g Butter

• Liquids

  • 3/4 cup Water

Found on thebrickkitchen.com

Description

Ingredients

• 2 cups finely chopped dates
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¾ cup boiling water
• 200g finely diced butter, at room temperature
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups caster sugar
• 1 cup cocoa, sifted (the darker the better)
• 1 cup flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 250g dark chocolate, chopped into small chunks

Directions

• Preheat oven to 160°. Grease and line a 20x30cm slice tin.
• In a large bowel, stir together the dates, baking soda and boiling water. Add the butter and mix until melted. Leave for 20 minutes to allow the dates to soften.
• With a fork, mash the softened dates to break them up to a smoother consistency. Add the eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.
• Whisk in the sugar, then add the sifted cocoa, flour, and baking power and stir until smooth. Add the chocolate chunks (and nuts, if you wish)
• Pour evenly into slice tin, smoothing the batter into the edges. Bake about 45 minutes, or until skewer inserted in the middle comes out almost clean and springs back to touch.
• Leave in the tin to cool before cutting into squares.
• Store in a sealed container.