Mincemeat & walnut brownies
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes

Background
If you're after some delicious sweets during the Christmas period or you want to make some scrumptious edible gifts for your friends orย family members - try out this recipe!ย These mincemeat & walnut brownies have all the Christmassy flavours to put you in a festive mood. And they need hardly any effort to make.
Ingredients
- 200g of dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids)
- 250g unrefined cane sugar
- 250g butter
- 4 eggs
- 200g flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 40g cocoa powder
- 100g mincemeat
- 1 tsp mixed spice (or gingerbread spice mix)
- 100g walnuts
Instructions
- Dry-fry the walnuts, cool, then chop them roughly.
- Chop the chocolate, then put into a saucepan with the butter and sugar and cook over low heat, stirring, until melted. Let it cool.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Lightly beat the eggs, add to the chocolate & butter mixture. Add the remaining ingredients, combine well.
- Grease a 22 x 22 cm (approx) baking tin and line the base with baking paper.
- Transfer the mixture into the tin spread it out evenly.
- Bake for about 25 minutes - it's done when it's just set (test with a skewer - the middle of the cake should remain a bit gooey & sticky).
- Allow the cake to cool in the tin, then turn it out onto a plate, carefully slice into 12 squares. Sprinkle with cocoa powder.
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Categories
- Meal Type: - Brownies - Dessert - Dinner - Edible Gifts - Nibbles & Bites - Seasonal
- Cuisines: - British
- Occasions: - Afternoon Tea - Christmas - Dinner Party - New Year - Parties - Sunday Lunch - Valentine's Day
- Ingredients: - Chocolate - Nuts & Seeds
- Skill Levels: - Easy
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