GUINNESS CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Ingredients.....500ml of Guinness chocolate stout, 280gm of butter/ marg, 500gm of raw castor sugar, 1 and 1/2 cups of Dutch cocoa, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon, 1 tbs of vanilla extract, 4 eggs lightly beaten, 2 cups of flour, 180 gm of granulated nuts. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Line one 8x8 baking pan if you want a thicker brownie or 2 x baking pans for a thinnner brownie, with baking paper with an overhang over 2 sides of the pan for easier removal. Place the guiness in a medium pot and bring to a slow simmer over a medium heat , continue to simmer for 20 minutes. Place 280 gm of butter/ marg in the bowl of your mixer along with 1 and 1/2 cups of Dutch cocoa, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, 1 dsp of vanilla extract. Beat until well combined. Now add the well simmered and reduced guiness and mix until smooth. Now mix in the vanilla extract , flour and nuts. Pour into the prepared pan / pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes or until set. Let cool on a wire rack , when completely cool lift the brownie/s from the pan/s. Slice into 16 squares.