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Today has been a day of study aided by my study essentials of lots of strong cups of tea and fudgy rich brownie. 

Over the past few months I have been playing around with a few different vegan brownie recipes and I have finally hit on one that meets up to my ridiculously chocolaty requirements. 

The method is based on the one over at PPK but I have tweaked the ingredients to make it, well, more how I like my brownie to taste :P

So here tis, just incase other people like super chocolaty, super rich, fudgy good stuff!

Ingredients:
1/3 cup flour
2/3 cup cold water
12 oz (340g) silken tofu
1 cup choc chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup canola oil
1 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp bicarb
1 cup chopped hazel nuts
1 cup choc chips (yeah another one, you mix it in right at the end so that there are awesome little spots of melty chocolate all through it when it's done)

Start by blending the tofu, 1/3 cup flour and 2/3 cup cold water until smooth. Pour it into a post and stir over low heat for about 10 minutes or until it starts plopping. 

Next, into the mixture, stir in 1 cup choc chips, 2 cups brown sugar, 1 tsp salt and 2 tsp vanilla and keep stirring until it is all dissolved into delicious dark brown slop, then leave it to cool (you can stick it in the fridge if you are in a rush).

Once cool, stir in the 1/2 cup canola oil and preheat the your oven to 350°F. In a separate bowl, mix together all the other ingredients, making sure that the extra choc chips and chopped hazel nuts get a nice coat of flour, then fold it all in to the wet mix in batches, pour it into a baking dish and pop it in the oven.

Let it cook for about 20 minutes, it is done when a knife comes out dry.

I know this sounds awfully unhealthy but having a batch of brownie in the house stops me going out for junk that is probably way worse, plus, this recipe is so rich that I find half a piece is plenty!  Look at it again, I dare you! :)