Guinness and orange brownies
I made these Guinness and orange brownies once for St Patrick’s Day – they were so delicious that I make them regularly. This time I used wheat-free Guinness, gluten-free flour and dairy-free spread – so it ticks most allergy-boxes (it has no nuts either) – but you can follow the recipe using normal wheat flour, butter and proper Guinness!
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Grease and line an approx. 22x22cm baking tin with parchment paper.
- Heat the Guinness in a saucepan on the stove and reduce it by half. Let it cool.
- Meanwhile put the chocolate into a thick glass bowl then place on the top of simmering water. When it’s melted add the butter or spread and stir until melted. Let it cool.
- Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl.
- Combine sugar, eggs, orange zest and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Add the orange juice and Guinness. Stir in the melted chocolate mixture. Gently fold in the flour.
- Tip the batter into the baking tin. Bake for 30-35 minutes. It’s ready when a skewer/toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Cool completely, then cut it into squares. Dust with icing sugar if you like.