Macadamia Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients

• 30g butter
• 250g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
• 80g unsalted butter, extra
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1c soft brown sugar, firmly packed (a bit less if you don't like *things too sweet)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 c plain flour
• 1/2 c chopped roasted macadamia nuts
• 1/3 c sour cream

Icing:

• 125g dark chocolate, 60g unsalted butter

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 degree celcious and grease and line a brownie pan, or a small rectangular pan.
2. With a heatproof bowl placed over a pot over simmering water (not touching the bowl), melt the butter then add chocolate and stir over low heat until the chocolate is just melted.
3. Remove bowl from pot and set aside for a ouple of minutes.
4. Meanwhile, beat the extra butter along with the sugar and vanilla essence until light and fluffy.
5. Beat in eggs one at a time.
6. Stir in sifted flour, then chocolate mixture, nuts and the sour cream.
7. Transfer mixture to pan and smooth.
8. Bake for 45 minutes and cool in pan.
9. To prepare the icing, melt the chocolate and butter over simmering water then cool to room temperature and beat until thick and spreadable.
10. Spread over the cooked brownie.