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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!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Cuisine: British
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Guinness stout can be wheat-free
  • 1 cup gluten-free or normal flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 100 g dark chocolate
  • 100 g unsalted butter/dairy-free spread
  • 1 cup cane sugar
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • zest of 1 orange
  • 3 tbs orange juice

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Grease and line an approx. 22x22cm baking tin with parchment paper.
  3. Heat the Guinness in a saucepan on the stove and reduce it by half. Let it cool.
  4. 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.
  5. Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Cool completely, then cut it into squares. Dust with icing sugar if you like.