Winter Brownies

Ingredients

• 250 g dark chocolate
• 180 g butter
• 150 g powdered sugar
• 200 g Flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• 3 eggs
• 80 g maple syrup
• 2 tsp liquid vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp powdered sugar (for decorating)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Coarsely chop 150 g chocolate and melt with butter in a small saucepan while stirring. In a bowl combine powdered sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder. Mix in eggs, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and chocolate-butter mixture. Finely chop remaining chocolate and fold into batter.

2. 2.

   Transfer batter to a parchment-lined pan (approx. 22x26 cm) and bake in preheated oven at 160°C fan for about 20-30 minutes. Remove, let cool slightly, then lift out of the pan and allow to cool completely. Cut cake into cubes as desired and dust with powdered sugar stars using a star-shaped stencil.