Grease and line your 8 inch square baking pan and pre heat oven to 175 C / 325 F / Gas 3

Beat vanilla, sugar & eggs until light.

Melt butter & chocolate in microwave in 20 second intervals until completely melted. In a cup, add the coffee granules and 1 Tablespoon of boiling water to dissolve. then add the coffee mixture to the melted chocolate and butter, and stir well.

Combine flour,salt & cocoa powder and add to egg mixture.

Add chocolate & butter mixture, mix well.

In a bowl, crush the vanilla cookies, I just used my hand and broke them up, leaving small pieces, NOT crumbs. Then spoon them into the batter.

Pour batter into the baking tin and bake for 30 – 40 minutes.

Allow them to cool on a rack and cut into squares after they have cooled. If you try and cut them whilst they are still hot, they will be too gooey, and you can’t cut them nice.

These will freeze well and also store well in an air tight container. However, if you have brownie monsters in your home, you might have to hide them!