Cocoa Brownies

Directions:

• 1)

  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

• 2)

  Line the baking pan with a baking sheet. Grease some butter to the paper

• 3)

  In a  microwave safe bowl add oil and heat it for 4-5 seconds only. Add the sieved cocoa powder to the warm oil and whisk it until completely smooth and combined. Set it aside for 5 minutes.

• 4)

  In a big bowl crack the eggs, add the sugar, vanilla essence and beat on medium speed until fluffy.

• 5)

  Add half of the cocoa mixture to the egg mixture and beat it until the mixture looks shiny and fully combined.

• 6)

  Next add sieved flour, baking powder, salt, the remaining cocoa mixture to the egg mixture and beat everything until the batter appears shiny and well combined.

• 7)

  Make sure you are beating the mixture only in one direction i.e either clockwise or anti-clockwise.

• 8)

  Transfer the mixture to the baking pan, bake it for 20- 25 minutes. These brownies will pull away from the edges of the pan thus indicating they are done.

• 9)

  Let the brownies cool down before cutting then into squares.

• 10)

  I made a ganache frosting by melting milk chocolate, heavy cream and butter in a double boiler and poured it on my brownies (this step is optional) 

• 11)

  The above recipe yields 16-18 pieces of brownies.