Chocolate Apricot Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into cubes
• 4 ounces good-quality chocolate (min.70% cocoa solids)
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 orange, zest of (finely grated)
• 1/4 cup dried apricot, chopped (2 ounces)
• 1/4 cup roughly chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c.
• 2 grease an 8-inch square shallow pan.
• 3 melt butter and chocolate together in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering wter or in the microwave.
• 4 remove from heat when the chocolate has melted.
• 5 beat in the sugar, eggs and vanilla extract.
• 6 stir in the flour, orange zest, apricots and walnuts just until combined.
• 7 pour into prepared pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the surface is lightly cracked.
• 8 let it cool for another 5-10 minutes before cutting into squares.