Brownies

difficulty: ✦✧✧

preparation time: 30 min

baking time: 40 min

ingredients

to make flax egg

• 2 tablespoons of ground flax seed
• 5 tablespoons of water

to make simple syrup

• 300g cane sugar
• 1/2 cup (118ml) of water

other ingredients

• 60g of cocoa powder
• 33g of powdered sugar
• 180g of all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon of espresso powder
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup (118g) of vegetable oil
• half a cup of vegan chocolate chips + extra to sprinkle on top
• half a cup of walnuts
  (or add to taste, if you like em nutty and more nuts)
• optional: sugar stars to sprinkle on top

preparation

1. pre heat your oven to 350° farenheit or 175° celsius and line an 8' by 8' baking tin with parchment paper.
2. start by mixing together the flax seed and 5 tablespoons of water together in a small bowl to make a flax egg, set aside to well
3. to make simple syrup add the cane sugar and half cup of water together in a small cooking pan and place on low heat until the sugar has completely dissolved.
   do not let it come to a boil or your syrup ill evaporate.
4. in a large bowl sift your flour, cocoa powder, powdered sugar through a fine siv.
   add the espresso powder and salt and whisk all the dry ingredients together.
5. when your simple syrup is done cooking, add it into the bowl with dry ingredients together with the vegetable oil and the flax egg from earlier.
   mix combine the wet and dry ingredients together with a spatula but do not overmix. (if you keep mixing too long your brownie batter will not be as moist and lose its intended texture.
6. add the chocolote chips and walnuts and fold them in.
   i just crush the walnuts in my hands over the bowl, they dont need to be super fine.
7. pour the batter in your baking tin and sprinkle some chocolate chips on top.
   i also like to add little gold stars because i think it looks cute, feel free to decorate them however you fancy
8. place your baking tin in the oven and let the brownies bake for about 35 to 40 minutes.
   the longer you bake them the drier they will become.
   
9. when your brownies are done baking, leave them to cool off before cutting them.