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Recipe for Brownies with icing!

17th February 2022 by Dinesh Ajith < 1

https://expatliving.sg/recipe-brownies-with-icing/

This brownies recipe is one of my paternal grandmother’s favourites! They are unique as they have an icing that creates an almost crunchy texture when it cools. – Georgia Bisset

Serves 8

Recipe for Brownies with icing!

Ingredients for brownies

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 125g margarine
  • ¼ cup cocoa
  • ½ cup oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 beaten eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ cup buttermilk

Ingredients for icing

  • 60g margarine
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa
  • 2½ tablespoons buttermilk
  • 225g icing sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence

Instructions for brownies

  1. Sieve the flour and sugar and set aside.
  2. Mix the margarine, cocoa, oil and water in a pan over the stove.
  3. Once the mixture has cooled slightly, pour over the flour and sugar mixture and add beaten eggs, vanilla, bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk. Mix well.
  4. Pour the mixture in a 25 x 35cm pan and cook at 180°C for 20 to 25 minutes.

Instructions for icing

  1. Mix margarine, cocoa and buttermilk in a pan over the stove, stir until boiling.
  2. Add icing sugar and vanilla essence, stir until smooth and thick.
  3. Pour over hot brownies.

This article first appeared in the February 2022 edition of Expat Living. You can purchase the latest issue or subscribe, so you never miss a copy!

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Dinesh Ajith

Dinesh is a seasoned writer and editor with seven years of experience covering travel, restaurants and bars. His interests include film photography, cheesy 90s monster flicks, and scouring the island for under-the-radar craft beer bars.

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