Chocolate Cardamom Brownies With Chocolate Pistachio Icing

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (melted)
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons cardamom (the longer its been in your spice drawer, the more you should use)
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate (for ganache icing)
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (for ganache icing)
• 1 tablespoon butter (for ganache icing)
• 1 cup pistachios (hulled and roughly chopped)

Recipe

• 1 preheat over to 350°f.
• 2 grease two 8x8 glass pans or one larger pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine the butter and cocoa powder.
• 4 add sugar, mix well.
• 5 add eggs and stir until well combined.
• 6 add vanilla, cardamom, and salt, stir well. add in flour (until combined), but do not overmix.
• 7 spoon mixture into pan(s) and bake for approximately 25 minutes (depending on pan size), until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean.
• 8 set brownies on rack to dry.
• 9 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.
• 10 remove mixture from heat. stir occasionally until cool. spread over brownies. top with chopped pistachios.