Biscuit Brownies and a Twist in the Tale!

Quickfire, delicious no-bake, no-eggs Biscuit Brownies

It's Sunday, and I bet we all love to differ from the routine mundane weekday activities, one of the most important being cooking! We love to ditch the regular roti, sabzi, dal and chawal and add a little spice and twist to our leisure day... Like all of you, I too, was on a mission to surprise everyone at home and decided to take a wild shot, albeit with a twist. A fellow blogger had recently shared a really fun and easy way to prepare brownies - No Eggs, No Bake, No Cooking - and it was my turn to try the recipe out. But the Sunday Streak in me wanted to ditch the regular and do something out of the box.

Taking my chances, here's what I did - a step-by-step, rather, picture-by-picture, easy to follow account:

BISCUIT BROWNIES WITH A TWIST

Prep Time: 30 mins | Setting Time: 4-6 hours | Servings: 12-16 pieces

Ingredients:

1. Marie Biscuits - About 25 nos
2. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder - 3½ tablespoons
3. Sugar - 2 teaspoons
4. Roasted Nuts -  ¼ cup (Chopped) - I took Walnuts for the dash of bitter taste 
5. The Twist - 1½-2 teaspoons
6. Sweetened Condensed Milk: approx 300 gm (out of a 400 gm Milkmaid tin)
7. Baking Dish with butter paper or a regular dish (greased) for setting the brownies 

Procedure:

• Break the biscuits and coarsely grind them and add the unsweetened cocoa powder and mix well

• Add 2 teaspoons of sugar and mix well

• Dry-roast your choice of nuts (cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts - whatever you may like) and add to the mixture

• Now here comes the twist - add about 1½-2 teaspoons of chilli powder and ½ a teaspoon of cinnamon powder to this mixture - the chilli and cinnamon accentuate the taste of chocolate and leave an aftertaste and hint of spice and twist! You can skip this step and follow the rest if you like your chocolate to taste routine or be a little sporting and experiment with a dash of spice and chilli!

• Add the condensed milk to the mixture and mix it well. remember to use a strong spoon since the mixture is going to be sticky and hard - if you wanna get your hands dirty, go the old school way of kneading this mixture 

• Once you have mixed it, spread it in your baking dish
• Dip your fingers in water as you press and roll the mixture out on to the dish else it will keep sticking to your hands

• Set the dish to refrigerate for about 4-8 hours before you cut and serve it

When my husband first tasted it, this is what he had to say - "Hmm...this is like a usual..... now there's an aftertaste of spice! That's different and almost like a jolt! Definitely not what I had expected and certainly tastes good."

Well, it absolutely made my Sunday and hope you guys enjoy putting up a perfect twist to your day with this quickfire, spiced dessert! Else, what is life without some fun, spice and zing!