Do you love both mince pies and chocolate brownies? How about mixing them together to make this delicious mince pie chocolate brownie recipe. They will certainly be a hit
throughout the festive season. You never know, Santa might also enjoy one on Christmas Eve night!

Don’t forget we also have a fantastic onsite Bakery that has lots of sweet treats for the festive period.

Makes: 16

Ready in: 65 minutes

Ingredients

185g unsalted butter, cubed

185g high-quality dark chocolate, chopped

85g plain flour

40g cocoa powder

3 large eggs

275g golden caster sugar

6 mince pies or 9-12 mini mince pies

icing sugar, for dusting

Method

Pre heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line the base of a shallow 20cm square tin with baking parchment. Melt the butter and chocolate in a bowl, in a microwave – cooking for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between until fully melted. Once melted, leave the mixture to cool.

Whisk the eggs and sugar together with an electric hand mixer until thick and creamy (the mixture should leave a trail for a second or two when it is ready). Pour the cooled chocolate mixture into the sugar and egg bowl, fold together the mixture, until fully mixed. Be gentle so you don’t knock out the air.

Sift in the cocoa and flour mixture into the bowl and continue to gently fold together. The mixture will look dry and dusty, then fudgy. Spoon a little mixture into the prepared tin, then add the mince pies, leaving them whole. Scrape over the rest of the mixture, gently easing it between and over the pies. Level the top. Put in the oven for 25 mins. If the brownie mixture is very wobbly in the middle, it’s not quite done, so bake for another 5 -10 mins.

Take out of the oven and leave to cool in the tin. Dust with icing sugar. Once cooled, take it out of the tin and portion it up. The brownie will keep in an airtight container for a week and in the freezer for up to a month.