My girls, if you’re reading this, one day you will no doubt have need of a really, really good brownie recipe – fudgy, squidgy, chocolatey and with that ‘proper’ crackly top that good brownies have.
Listen to your mother! I have found just that recipe for you both…..These are just The Best!
I’ve made brownies which are too ‘cake-like’, too under-cooked, too over-cooked, but these beauties really are perfect! And how apt that they come from my most loved cookbook of all time, Nigella Lawson’s awesome masterpiece ‘Feast’.
I have halved Nigella’s recipe, as otherwise it makes far too many (Can one have too many brownies?)
Snow-Flecked Brownies
Adapted from Nigella Lawson’s ‘Feast’.
190g butter
190g dark chocolate
3 eggs
175g Caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
115g plain flour
Half tsp salt
125g white chocolate chips or chunks
icing sugar for dusting.
1. Preheat oven to 160degC (fan oven)
2. Line the sides and base of a small rectangular brownie pan (mine is 24cm x 27cm) with foil or baking parchment.
3. Melt the butter and dark chocolate (I do it in the microwave in short bursts, stopping before the chocolate has completely melted. It finishes melting in the residual heat)
4. In a bowl beat the eggs with the caster sugar and vanilla.
5. Allow the chocolate mixture to cool a little, then add the egg and sugar mixture and beat well. Fold in the flour and salt, then stir in the white chocolate chips/chunks.
6. Pour the mix into the prepared tin.
7. Bake for 25 minutes.
8. When cool dust with icing sugar.
At Anna’s Kitchen Table 
it looks amazing… I have yet to make these but you're kind of persuading me here… that crispy top… next time, make the full amount and send me the rest!
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Ooo! Will bookmark this recipe as I might need a perfect brownie recipe some day soon.
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I agree with you entirely Anna. I've lost count of how many times I've made these. It's the only Nigella recipe I know off by heart. And everybody always loves them!
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Anna these brownies are the best! You really can't beat them. So lovely to see you posting 🙂
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Really looks amazing!! Thanks for sharing!
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You are so convincing,dear!I have to try this temptation!Filakia polla apo Ellada,Annoula mou!Mas eleipses!
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Anna those look so good, I always make Nigel Slater ones but I'm going to give these a try.Sandyxx
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I'm glad I'm 'kind of' persuading you! ;)) Bless ya! :))
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Please do! You won't be disappointed!
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves this recipe Ellen! :))
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Hi Nic, it's nice to be back! Xx
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You're welcome Elpi mou!
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Efxaristw Lenia mou! Kai ego sas epethimisa!
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Do try them Sandy! Nigel's were a little too dark for me xx
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Well, I could do with some classic brownies – I'll definitely remember this recipe. I used the same classic recipe for years but I've tried so many clever (and usually disappointing) variations in recent years that I'm not even sure which recipe I used to make – I'm fairly sure it was a Gary Rhodes recipe from the 1980s.
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Do try them Phil, they're very good!
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I have far too many brownie recipes yet to try to pronounce the best quite yet, but these do look rather good and I haven't tried this one yet. Sigh, it's a hard life trying to find the best brownie recipe ever 😉
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Oh, don't get me wrong! I'm always willing to try and find a better recipe! :))
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A beautiful brownie recipe. Love the added white chocolate chips in dark chocolate brownies.
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These used to be my go-to brownie recipe for about 10 years! I have since been converted to another recipe (Nigel Slater's), but Nigella's Snow-Flecked Brownies are still very, very good. I love the use of white chocolate chips here.
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