Brownies.
Method
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Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Line your brownie pan - I think it's worth lining the sides as well as the base - with foil, parchment or Bake-O-Glide.
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Melt butter (375 g) and dark chocolate (375 g) together in a large heavy-based pan.
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In a bowl or large wide-mouthed measuring jug, beat large eggs (6) with caster sugar (500 g) and vanilla extract (1 tbsp).
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Measure plain flour (225 g) into another bowl and add salt (1 tsp).
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When the chocolate mixture has melted, let it cool a bit before beating in the eggs and then the walnuts (300 g) and flour. Beat to combine smoothly and then scrape out of the saucepan into the lined pan.
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Bake for about 25 minutes. When it's ready, the top should be dried to a paler brown speckle, but the middle still dark and dense and gooey.
Even with such a big batch you do need to keep alert, keep checking: the difference between gungy brownies and dry brownies is only a few minutes; remember that they will continue to cook as they cool.