{cupcake friday} brownies

photo by olya

One day {cupcake friday} will return to featuring cupcakes, but until that day...

These brownies are insanely easy and quick to make, and I like to pretend they are low-fat. :)

115g butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
40g cocoa
50g self-raising flour
200g sugar
2 large eggs
50g chopped pecans (or other variety of nut. i just happen to have a large quantity of pecans to hand...)

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease a 30x30x2.5cm baking tin.
2. Melt butter, and add cocoa. Stir in sugar and eggs. Blend well.
3. Sift in flour. Fold in vanilla. Finally sprinkle on nuts.
4. Pour into baking tin and bake for 18 min. Cut into squares and leave to cool.