There is other evidence of my love of the chocolate and orange combination on my blog so I just had to make this brownie recipe when I stumbled across it on Recipezaar. Oh, and yes I did buy the oranges because they were gift-wrapped and beautiful.

Fudgy Orange Brownies

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup oil

2 eggs

1 medium orange, zest of

1 teaspoon fresh orange juice

1 teaspoon vanilla sugar

1/2 cup flour

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup cocoa

1. Preheat oven to 160 c.
2. Mix together oil and sugar.
3. Add eggs, vanilla, zest, and juice.
4. Mix well.
5. Sift together dry ingredients.
6. Add to wet mixture, stirring gently until just combined.
7. Pour into greased 8×8 baking pan.
8. Bake 20-23 minutes until done.
9. Allow to sit at room temperature at least 30 minutes before cutting.

They were so good.

And below. Just to prove that I can make a lemon meringue with a set lemon centre. Yipee.