Chocolate Cardamom Brownies With Chocolate Pistachio Icing Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350°F.
• Grease two 8x8 glass pans or one larger pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter and cocoa powder.
• Add sugar, mix well.
• Add eggs and stir until well combined.
• Add vanilla, cardamom, and salt, stir well. Add in flour (until combined), but do not overmix.
• Spoon mixture into pan(s) and bake for approximately 25 minutes (depending on pan size), until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean.
• Set brownies on rack to dry.
• Once brownies are out of the oven, to make the ganache icing, using a double boiler, combine the chocolate, cream, and butter. Keep stirring until combined.
• Remove mixture from heat. Stir occasionally until cool. Spread over brownies. Top with chopped pistachios.

Steps:

• For brownies heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with non stick cooking spray.
• In large microwave safe bowl place butter and microwave until melted.
• Stir in sugar and vanilla.
• Add eggs one at a time, hand beating well with spoon after each addition.
• Add cocoa; beat until well blended.
• Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat well.
• Stir in nuts if desired.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 30 - 35 minutes (I underbake mine for 25 minutes).
• Drop icing on hot brownies and spread with a rubber spatula as icing melts. Cool completely and cut into bars.
• For icing. Melt butter then wisk in the cocoa, butter and powder sugar. Icing will be thick but will melt when placed on hot brownies and make like a thin chocolate coating. The brownies are still good without the icing but what the heck, go for it!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Lightly grease a 9-inch baking pan and line with wax paper Melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl over a pan or gently simmering water.
• Let cool slightly Sift the flour into a seperate bowl and stir in the suagr Stir the eggs into the melted chocolate mixture, then pour this into the flour mixture, beat well.
• Stir in the nuts and white chocolate, then pour into the prepared baking pan and spread to the corners Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until firm to the touch.
• Let cool into the pan for 20 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Cut into 12 bars and dust with confectioner's sugar.