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Butterscotch Brownies

Description:
I died and went to caramel heaven. These are divine!

Ingredients:
100g butter, chopped
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup plain flour, sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup unsalted roasted peanuts, chopped
100gms Jersey caramels, roughly chopped

Optional extras ( or substitutes)
100gms of white choc chips, if you don't like nuts
100gm mars bar, roughly chopped
pure icing sugar, to serve


Directions:
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 4.5cm deep, 18cm (base) square cake pan.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Transfer to a bowl. Add sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in flour, baking powder and peanuts. Spread mixture into pan. Sprinkle with caramels.
Bake for 22 to 25 minutes or until firm and crisp on top. Allow to cool in pan. Cut into squares. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Chocolate Brownies

Description:
I give this recipe 5 stars. Easy n tasty, what more can you ask for?

Crisp on the outside, melt in your mouth centres.....just the way I like them!

I'd heard about "magic brownie pans" & we went looking for one yesterday, but our mission was unsuccessful. As it turns out I didn't need it, they came out beautifully in just a regular pan, but I'm curious if anyone has one & what you think of it.

I also ran across an interesting recipe for "butterscotch brownies". I might give that one a whirl next time I'm in the mood to bake ;)

Ingredients:
250g butter
2 cups caster sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups plain flour
80g (3/4 cup) cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
Icing Sugar, to dust


Directions:
Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line a 20 x 30cm (base measurement) slab pan with non-stick baking paper. I used an 18 x 18 cm pan & they came out fine, I think they would be too thin in the larger sized pan
Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat. Stir in the sugar. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and stir until mixture is thick and glossy.
Sift the flour and cocoa powder over the egg mixture and stir until well combined. Stir in the vanilla. Spread over the base of the prepared pan.
Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Set aside in the pan to cool completely. Cut into pieces and dust with icing sugar.