recipe for brownies

this is especially for xiaowen...

Fudge Brownies

1/4 cup of butter
6 ounces (or 170g) of semisweet chocolate
3/4 cup sugar
2/3 all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup of nuts (optional)
1/2 cup of chocolate chips (optional)

Melt the butter and chocolate over a LOW fire. keep stirring so that it doesnt burn. when all has melted, take it off the stove and let it cool for a bit.

Add everything else, except the nuts and chocolate chips and give it a good stir/mix.

Add the nuts and chocolate chips last.

Pour into a baking tray and put it in the oven at 180 degrees celsius for abt 20mins. If need be, keep it in the oven for longer (my philosophy is better to have it in for less and test rather than burning it cos if it is undercooked, it can be 'fixed')

Basically poke a satay stick in and if it comes out clean (i.e. no fudge or wet mixture comes out with the stick, it is done)