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chocolate orange cointreau brownies

13 October 2015 by Dominic Franks

… Halloween is on its way and this year The Viking and I will be celebrating in spooky solitude at the cottage.  We’ll take the weekend to carve pumpkins and make pumpkin soup to eat whilst watching some horror movies on TV, then at midnight we may even sneak around the village to scare some of the neighbours.  Belleau has only 10 houses and none of the families who have kids are old enough to come trick or treating just yet, although this is something we can look forward to in the future, so it’s quite quiet – which actually makes it all the more spooky.  I love it when celebrations fall on the weekend.  It makes it all feel a little more natural to have fun and let go a little bit more – not that we need an excuse but it does feel that the community comes out in full force… our local pub the Railway Tavern is having its annual Halloween bash so i’m sure we’ll pop along to that too… quite frankly I can’t wait!

chocolate orange cointreau brownies
there’s really nothing to these brownies other than they’re simply the most divine chocolate brownies in the world… to me, that means that they have that all-important buttery crust on top, have a nice crumbly cakey outer layer surrounding a fudgy, gooey centre… plus of course these little beauties have a wonderful kick of orange liquor! They’re astoundingly good fresh and warm from the oven as they are after a few days – should they last that long – cold from the fridge.  The inspiration for them came from the most simple of places, that sneaky little stand at the end of the aisle at the supermarket where they put stuff on special offer that they want to sell.  In this case it was some divine lindt excellence orange intense dark noir with almonds which is an awfully long name for something so tasty… and which I also think is a special edition variety as it’s not available on the lindt website… anyway I digress – I grabbed three bars of the stuff knowing exactly what I wanted to make with them.

ingredients
185g butter
185g chocolate orange 70% dark chocolate
3 large eggs
275g golden caster sugar
85g plain flour
a pinch of salt
40g cocoa powder
4 tablespoons cointreau or triple sec

grease and line a 20cm square brownie pan, pre-heat the oven to 160C

in a pan gently melt the butter and chocolate – do this over a really low heat and stir regularly – take it off the heat before it’s fully melted and set aside to cool, stirring again as it melts

in a large bowl beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mix for about 6 minutes until it doubles in volume and becomes pale, light and airy then pour in the melted and cooled chocolate and gently fold in along with the cointreau until it’s fully combined

sieve in the flour, salt and cocoa and again, gently fold in, and pour the mixture into your brownie pan.

bake on 160C for 25 mins then remove from the oven and let it cool in the tin then cut into squares

I think these little beauties make the ultimate grown up treat for halloween… there’s something about the orange and dark dark chocolate that feel spooky and very much October to me and as such they are going off to a few Halloween themed link-ups this month…

treat petite hosted by Stuart the Cakeyboi and Kat The Baking Explorer which has the theme of orange and black

tea time treats is hosted by Karen from Lavender and Lovage

we should cocoa is founded by Choclette from Tin and Thyme and hosted this month by Tracy at It’s  Not Easy Being Greedy which has the theme of USA and brownies could not be more American…

eat and of course enjoy!

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  1. Karen S Booth says

    14 October 2015 at 11:36 am

    Boo! Hehehehe! LOVELY brownies Dom and very grown up too, with that boozy addition, just my cup of tea, or should I say, glass of cointreau! THANKS for adding them to TTT for October! Karen

  2. Tracy says

    14 October 2015 at 11:53 am

    Oh wow – these just look gorgeous. I love chocolate orange. I need some of that Lindt (and the brownies) in my life … thanks so much for sharing for #WeShouldCocoa.

  3. Alice Mulhearn says

    14 October 2015 at 12:57 pm

    Oh my, these are my kind of brownies! And your Halloween plans sounds absolutely perfect.

  4. Alice Mulhearn says

    14 October 2015 at 12:57 pm

    Oh my, these are my kind of brownies! And your Halloween plans sounds absolutely perfect.

  5. helen says

    14 October 2015 at 7:35 pm

    I bet these taste amazing – they certainly look it!

  6. Sally Sellwood says

    14 October 2015 at 8:46 pm

    Lush.

  7. Tricia Buice says

    15 October 2015 at 2:23 am

    Wow the texture looks wonderful. Boozy brownies – yes I think I should!

  8. kellie@foodtoglow says

    15 October 2015 at 3:35 pm

    I have all of the ingredients and would love to make these up at the weekend. We live in a quiet spot too and only get a children. But being an American I have to do the carved pumpkin thing despite no one in our cul de sac doing anything at all (who can blame them). What I like more than eating any candy though is eating homemade cosy treats like this. Looks and sounds gorgeous, Dom. Great pics too. 🙂

  9. Kate Glutenfreealchemist says

    19 October 2015 at 7:35 pm

    Those look like the perfect brownie texture and if they're laced with Cointreau, then I definitely want some! It's ages since I made brownies…… you have me twitching now!!
    I have a love-hate relationship with Halloween…. I often think I don't want the kids to knock on the door and then I buy sweets and put the pumpkin out anyway…. only to be disappointed when they don't turn up, because we live in a road without lights and the kids are too scared to come up it!!

  10. Sarah James says

    21 October 2015 at 11:47 am

    Yum, chocolate brownies, I love the idea of adding cointreau, perfect Dom. It will be a quiet Halloween here at the Kitchen Shed too, we're in the middle of a field right next to our ruined barn with owls to add to the spooky atmosphere.

  11. Choclette Blogger says

    24 October 2015 at 11:52 am

    OMG! Perfection Dom and a most apt entry for #WeShouldCocoa. Now where can I get a bottle of Cointreau from?

  12. Choclette Blogger says

    24 October 2015 at 11:53 am

    Hahaha Kate, the kids scared of the dark on Halloween. I thought they were meant to do the scaring.

  13. Kate Glutenfreealchemist says

    29 October 2015 at 8:36 pm

    I know! Daft eh?!

  14. Kat BakingExplorer says

    1 November 2015 at 10:20 pm

    Wow get me one of these!! I love the addition of Cointreau – fabulous. Thanks for entering into Treat Petite.

  15. Stuart Vettese says

    4 November 2015 at 8:03 pm

    Dom these really do look scrummy – thanks for entering into #treatpetite !

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My name is Dominic, I am a cook, food writer and creative event producer. I write the food blog Dom In The Kitchen and also write a monthly recipe column for Lincolnshire Life Magazine and Good Taste Magazine. I also run creative event production company The Persuaders, producing global events for brands since 1997. I am based both in the small village of Belleau in Lincolnshire and the smaller village of London! Read More…

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