Chocolate, cranberry & macadamia brownies

By Caroline Hire

Leftover cranberry sauce? Use it as an excuse to make these delicious chocolate, nutty cake squares

Prep:10 mins
Cook:30 mins

Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 399
fat 26g
saturates 12.6g
carbs 38g
sugars 29g
fibre 1.8g
protein 4.7g
salt 0.5g

Ingredients

150g dark chocolate, broken into chunks
200g butter
200g soft brown sugar
150g self-raising flour
40g cocoa powder, sifted
3 large eggs, beaten
50g dried cranberries
100g macadamia nuts
60g cranberry sauce

Method

Heat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ gas 4 and line a 20cm x 20cm baking tin with baking parchment. Melt the dark chocolate with the butter in the microwave or in a heatproof bowl over just simmering water.
Mix together the sugar, flour and cocoa powder and stir in the melted chocolate and butter mixture, followed by the eggs. Stir through the dried cranberries and macadamia nuts, then swirl through the cranberry sauce.
Pour into the tin and smooth the surface. Bake for 25 - 30 mins. Allow to cool before slicing.

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