Gooey Chocolate Brownies with Frankincense Essential Oil

Instructions

• 1. Preheat oven to 180ºC and line a baking tin (approx. 22.8cm x 30.4cm) with baking paper.
• 2. Melt the 1½ cups of chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a pan over a simmering pan of water. Be careful not to get any water in the chocolate. Once melted leave over the hot water to keep warm until ready to use.
• 3. Using an electric mixer, combine the butter, white sugar and brown sugars together until creamy. You can also mix the brownies entirely by hand for a little workout.
• 4. Add eggs, vanilla and frankincense oil and mix well. Then add the melted chocolate and mix well and set aside.
• 5. In a large bowl mix together the flour, sea salt and baking powder. Then slowly fold in the wet mixture by hand and mix well.
• 6. Spread the mixture into the prepared baking tin and bake for approx. 20 minutes. Check and cover loosely with baking paper so they do not burn. Continue baking until the insides are a bit firmer for approx. 5 – 10 minutes longer. They should still be a little gooey, soft and chewy in the middle.
• 7. Remove from oven and sprinkle over the reserved 1 cup of chocolate chip and as they melt smooth them over the top of the brownies with a spatula. Alternatively, you can melt the chocolate chips pour over the brownie and spread around the top or drizzle the melted chocolate over the brownies after they have cooled a little forming a kind of lacy pattern. Allow them to cool before cutting into pieces.
• 8. You can also serve some of them warm from the oven topped with ice cream and a little melted chocolate. The brownies will keep for up to 5 days in an airtight container or you can freeze for up to 1 month.