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Chocolate and Prune Brownies

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 12 -16
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g dark chocolate 50 to 55%, broken into pieces
  • 150 g butter room temperature, cut into cubes
  • 150 g light muscovado sugar or brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 2 x 59g eggs
  • 50 g white spelt flour or plain flour
  • 1 tsp sea salt flakes or ½ tsp fine sea salt
  • 200 g pitted prunes pitted weight
  • 100 g dark or milk chocolate buttons
  • cacao powder for dusting

Method
 

  1. Grease and line tin of choice (see notes for sizes)
  2. Preheat oven to 180 degrees fan forced, and place rack into middle of oven
  3. Place chocolate into TM bowl and mill 10 seconds / speed 9
  4. Add butter and melt mix together 2 minutes / 50 / speed 3
  5. Add light muscovado sugar and mix 5 seconds / speed 4
  6. Add vanilla bean paste and eggs and mix 10 seconds / speed 4
  7. Add flour and salt and mix 1 minute / speed 4 (it is important you mix for the full minute)
  8. Add prunes and chocolate buttons and mix 20 seconds / reverse / speed 1
  9. Pour mixture into tin and spread to the corners
  10. Bake for 25 minutes and then check … when you touch it with your finger in the middle it should still be soft, but if it is very soft bake for a further 2-3 minutes
  11. Remove from oven and allow to rest in the baking tin until cool
  12. Dust with cacao powder before cutting into squares

Notes

Adapted from recipe here
These are so yummy … the prunes add a lovely chew and moisture to the mix that makes them so much more delicious.
Use a 21cm square tin, or a 26cm x 16cm oblong tin … cut the pieces into the sizes you wish based on the tin that you use.