Courgette brownies

Ingredients for 24 brownies

125ml vegetable oil
300g caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
250g plain flour
40g best quality cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon salt
250g grated courgette (with outer skin removed)
60g chopped walnuts (or pecans)
Icing
6 tablespoons best quality cocoa powder
4 tablespoons butter or margarine
250g icing sugar
4 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

45 min · Easy

Directions

1. Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 30 mins

2. Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour a 22x33cm baking tin.

3. In a large bowl, mix together the oil, sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, 40g cocoa, bicarb and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Fold in the courgette and walnuts. Spread evenly into the prepared tin.

4. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until brownies spring back when gently touched.

5. To make the icing, melt together the 6 tablespoons of cocoa and butter; set aside to cool. In a medium bowl, blend together the icing sugar, milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in the cocoa mixture. Spread over cooled brownies before cutting into squares.

6. Dairy free brownies
These brownies are dairy free, and the icing can be made dairy free by using margarine and soya milk.

desserts November 07, 2011 21:20

Author allrecipes.co.uk