Chunky Chocolate Brownies Recipe

Assalamu Alaikum everyone!

It's Maryam here! This is one of my all time favourite recipes and it is definitely a crowd pleaser. So let's begin!

Ingredients:

150g cooking chocolate, chopped

1/2 cup butter

2 tbsp. cacao powder

1 cup granulated white sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

3 large eggs

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp. salt

125g chocolate, chopped into chunks

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, 180 degrees Celsius, Gas mark 4. Place the rack in the centre of the oven. Grease and line an 8 inch square pan.

2) In a large bowl, melt the cooking chocolate and butter over a saucepan of simmering water.

3) Remove from the heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar.

4) Next whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

5) Lastly, stir in the flour, salt and chocolate chunks. (At this point, if you enjoy nuts or dried fruit in your brownies, you can add half a cup into the mixture.)

6) Pour the chocolate batter into the prepared pan and bake for around 25 - 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out with a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Do not over bake! It will be dry.

7) Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack to room temperature.

Serve and enjoy!

Well, that's all from me today. I hope you like this recipe and that you try it out some day. Until next week, insha'Allah!

Love and wasalaam,

Maryam



Crochet Dad Jumper

Assalamu Alaikum!

It's Zainab here. Masha'Allah I am very excited to share with you a craft that I have been working on for about a month. A while back, around September, I decided to crochet a jumper for my Dad. Of all the things I crochet, wintery clothes are my favourite, but I've only ever made them for dolls so this was my first big project. Masha'Allah I am very happy with the way it turned out and my Dad loves it too, Alhamdulillah!

So! Here it is.

This is the video that I followed - click here.

The only differences are the collar, edging and cuffs. I just used a simple single stitch.

My Mum made the label.

Again, masha'Allah I am very happy with it and my Dad said he will take it with him on his trips to England.

I hope you liked this post. Have you ever crocheted? If you have what was the last thing you made? Let me know in the comments below.

Until next week insha'Allah.

Love and wasalaam,

Zainab

Bedtime Storybooks for Little Kids

Assalamu Alaikum everyone!

It's Sumayyah here, and today I'll be showing you 5 bedtime storybooks for kids.

The Fox and The Star

by: Coralie Bickford-Smith

This book is an easy story to read and the illustrations are really nice and unique.

Even my older sisters and mother enjoy looking at all the lovely details.

No Matter What

by: Debi Gliori

This is a sweet story about a mother and her baby son, who tells him that 'no matter what' she will love him forever.

Stormy Weather

by: Debi Gliori

This bedtime book shows all the beautiful animals that cuddle their children to sleep. It rhymes too which is always fun to read.

Lost and Found

by: Oliver Jeffers

This is about a young boy who finds a penguin on his door step. They both set out to help find the penguins home.

The illustrations are lovely and defiantly one of my favourite books when I was younger.

How to Catch a Star

by: Oliver Jeffers

This is about the same boy who loves stars and wants to catch one so it can be his friend. 

It's sweet and simple, and I really like it masha'Allah.

I hope you enjoyed this book recommendations post and see you next time, insha'Allah.

Wasalaam,

Sumayyah

DIY Handmade Envelope Craft

Assalamu Alaikum!

For this week we have a fun and easy craft for you to make. It's simple enough for even little kids to get involved. So lets jump straight in!

You will need:

A4 card

ruler

pencil

scissors

2 thin strips of paper

glue/double sided sticky tap

Method:

First, take your sheet of card and make two folds as shown below. The first fold being half-an-inch from the top (for the flap) and the bottom end folded to the first fold.

Then on the end of the bottom fold cut out the shape shown.

Take two thin strips of paper and fold it the way you would a paper fan.

Glue them down as shown below.

At this point you could be done, but we went ahead and decorated the front of the envelope.

Sumayyah wrote her name on it and plans to use it to store letters in, since the folded strips of paper allows the envelope to expand a little and make more room.

Hope you all enjoyed this post and that you are enjoying your Friday! Insha'Allah, we will see you again next week.

Love and wasalaam.