Officially the best chocolate brownies in the world, ever!

Here at Jumbleberries HQ we love chocolate brownies. Our favourite recipe is from Hummingbird Barkey, because, quite frankly, they are the best chocolate brownies in the world - at least according to my son. But even though they are super-delish as they are, occasionally I like to add an extra little ingredient to give them a bit of a twist. I've made a Black Forest version (went down a treat at work) and a White Chocolate with Cranberry version (nice but a bit too sweet for me), but as this is part of my 12 Makes of Christmas Series, I thought I would share my Spiced Orange & Dark Chocolate version. Serve them warm with some extra thick double cream and your Christmas house-guests will love you forever!

Spiced Orange Chocolate Brownies

Over a gentle heat melt 175g of butter and 200g of dark chocolate. (I use Sainsburys Basic chocolate and it works a treat.) 

Add 6 cloves to the mixture whilst is it melting. 

Once it has all melted together, take it off the heat and fish out the cloves.

Mix in 325g of caster sugar until the mixture looks a bit like wet sand.

Now stir in 130g of plain flour and mix thoroughly.

Next add the zest of one orange, one teaspoon of dried cinnamon and one teaspoon of dried ginger. Your kitchen will already start to smell like Christmas.

Finally mix in 3 medium sized eggs.

Pour the mixture into a lined, greased cake tin and bake at 170 for around 30 mins.

Enjoy!

Jumbleberries  xx