Chocolate Mint Brownies

It’s really warm here today, but like a fool I fancied doing some baking. So with the kitchen door and windows wide open, I began…

I wanted to put a twist on a classic.  I decided on brownies, and my first idea was to add chilli and grated lime peel.  But I didn’t have a fresh lime…so – that’s for next time.  I did have some peppermint flavouring, and like the combination of chocolate and mint flavour anyway, it seemed a good reason to go for it.

Very easy to make, even nice to eat!

Chocolate Mint Brownies

Ingredients

170g self raising flour

1/2 tsp salt

3 tbsp cocoa powder

170g caster sugar

5 tbsp sunflower oil

230ml soya milk

1/2 tsp peppermint flavouring

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

icing sugar, for dusting.

Method

Firstly, heat oven to 180c/350F/Gas Mark 4

1. In a bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the centre.

2. Add oil and milk into the well and mix all ingredients together.

3. Add peppermint flavouring and vanilla essence and mix again.

4.Line a n 8″ square cake tin with baking parchment. Pour mixture into tin and bake for 25-30 minutes.

5. Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out, removing baking parchment and placing on a wire rack.

6. When cool, dust with icing sugar and cut into squares.