Salted caramel brownies

Ok I know I have you full attention. after reading what I'm making today... salted caramel brownies.....these are truely to die for.....rich,chocolately,creamy  and salty all in one bite...yep,its true to say I'm officially in love....  I made the salted caramel first,so I could snack on it as I continued with the baking...there was some supposed to be left as the brownie recipe doesn't use it all.....whoops....

For the salted caramel -1 cup granulated sugar
                                   6 tbsp unsalted butter
                                   1 teasp fine sea salt
                                    2/3 cup heavy cream.

In a heavy saucepan,cook the sugar over a medium heat until it melts and turns a dark  amber color. It needs to be whisked frequently as it hardens into clumps,but it will all melt,promise. When its all golden and melted,add the salt and butter and stir again until completely incorporated. Turn the heat off and add the cream...whisking until its smooth. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before  using it in the brownies ,or eating from  the pan with a spoon. Thank goodness Travelling man was travelling....

So onto the brownies.  Heat oven to 300. Line an 8 inch baking tin with overlapping sheets of foil (makes getting the brownies out of the pan a breeze ) and spray the foil with non stick spray. In the microwave (my preferred way of melting chocolate- much quicker) in 30 second increments,stirring after each ,melt the chocolate and butter. Then add the cocoa and leave to cool.

 Whisk the eggs,sugar,vanilla and salt together ,then add the warm chocolate mixture to this.... stir in the flour,and make sure everything is well combined.

Don't you just want to eat this already???
 Pour about half of the brownie mixture into your prepared pan,smoothing it all the way to the corners of the tin. Spoon 9 dollops of the caramel sauce on top of the brownie batter, then top it off the rest of the brownie mix.  Level off the surface with a spatula, and then again dollop 9  blobs of caramel over the mix. Using a dull butter knife, gently swirl the batter to incorporate some of the salted caramel.

Bake for about35 -40 mins  until slightly puffed up and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out  with only a few sticky crumbs.  Cool for about 2  hours ,then  remove the brownies from the tin using your handy foil handles . Cut into squares. And Eat as many as you can before someone else wants them. They  are addictive I warn you...