Brownie Points for Us

This month’s star ingredient is coconut. With world coconut day on 2nd September, we couldn’t keep calm and ended up discovering mouth-watering desserts with coconuts. Before we dive in, let’s have a look at the multiple benefits of this versatile fruit. With anit-fungal, antiviral, antioxidants, and antibacterial elements, it helps with improved heart health, weight loss, and digestion. Not just bodily, coconut oil can be applied on the face as well to maintain a glowy effect all day long.

Speaking of their taste, coconuts have an overall profile of fruity, milky, and sweet with slight notes of melted butter, green, and wood. It’s safe to say that it tastes delicious and coconut-filled chocolates are among the favorites of many. Coming back to the tasteful dessert for this month we have triple chocolate coconut brownies. We can already sense you imagining its flavorsome taste. We have always believed that brownies a day keep the frownies away. Without any further ado, dive in and learn this easy-peasy recipe to surprise everyone with this tasty dessert!

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Ingredients

• 50g desiccated coconut
• 1 cup salted butter
• 2 and 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 100 g walnuts/nuts chopped (optional)
• 50 g dark chocolate chips
• Melted milk chocolate & white chocolate

Recipe –

Preheat the oven to 180 ° C and lay parchment paper on a 30cm x 20cm (12in x 8in) baking dish.

A basic rule of baking is that, in general, it's almost impossible to make an inedible batch of brownies and we have always believed that brownies a day keeps the frownies away.

Melt butter, sugar, and cocoa together in a pot over medium heat, and keep stirring for about 5 minutes.

Pour the mixture into a bowl and allow it to cool for 5-10 minutes.

Now, beat in eggs into the bowl, one at a time, and mix well after each addition.

While stirring add in flour, baking powder & desiccated coconut and mix well.

Add the left walnuts and dark chocolate chips into the batter and transfer the same into the preparing dish.

Place the dish in the oven and allow to bake for 25-30 minutes or until the edges are set and the center is still squidgy and a little soft.

You can check by inserting a knife, if done remove it from the oven, and allow it to cool for 10-15 minutes.

Transfer into a fancy tray and drizzle the melted chocolate all over (so satisfying)

Slice and serve.