Fairtrade chocolate brownies
Makes 16-20

This is a gorgeous chocolate brownie recipe.

350g Fairtrade dark chocolate 200g butter 250g unrefined dark muscovado sugar Three large eggs 90g plain flour, sifted One tsp baking powder Pinch salt Small handful Fairtrade dried apricots, chopped Small handful each of Fairtrade brazil nuts (chopped), chocolate raisins and chocolate honeycomb

Preheat the oven to 1700C, gas mark 3. Line a 23cm high-sided tin with greaseproof paper.

Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bowl sitting over a saucepan of gently simmering water, then stir until smooth.

Put the sugar in a bowl, and beat in the eggs one by one. Slowly add this to the melted chocolate mixture, stirring well.

Sift in the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt and gently fold together.

Tip into the lined tin and scatter over the various flavourings.

Poke them all down under the batter and bake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, or until a wooden cocktail stick inserted into the middle comes out with some moist crumbs adhering. It should also feel just firm when you place the palm of your hand gently on top.

Remove the tin to a wire rack and allow to cool for half an hour or so, then cut into 16 or 20 brownies.

Leave until completely cold before removing the brownies.