Chocolate and banana brownies

So what do you do with those overripe bananas at the end of the week?  You know, the ones that are a bit soft and starting to go black.  The thing about these is that they have the most intense flavour and easy to mash.  I usually make banana bread with them but this week I decided to dig out another old recipe that I've never made, Chocolate and Banana Brownies.  These are so easy and delicious and they stayed soft without going soggy for several days, in fact the chocolate flavour intensified as time went by.  This is an old recipe so no apologies to the metric minded amongst you I'm afraid.

CHOCOLATE AND BANANA BROWNIES

 

• 7oz plain chocolate
• 3oz butter
• 2 eggs
• 4oz plain flour
• 8oz soft dark brown sugar
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tbsp. salt
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

 

Grease an 11" square or similar brownie tin and line the bottom

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4

Melt the butter and chocolate together in a saucepan over a low heat

Beat the eggs and sugar till light and fluffy then beat in the banana

Sieve the dry ingredients together and fold into the chocolate mixture

Add the vanilla essence

Bake for 30-40 minutes until set and looks like this

 

Allow to cool and cut into the size of brownie you like.