Queen of tarts chocolate brownies with ganache

24 brownies

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Unsalted butter
4 ounces Unsweetened chocolate
2 cups Sugar
1 cup Flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
8 ounces Semisweet chocolate
½ cup Cream
1 tablespoon Cinnamon
1 tablespoon Dry instant coffee
4 Eggs; beaten
1 tablespoon Vanilla
1 cup Walnuts or pecans
8 tablespoons Unsalted butter

Directions

GANACHE FROSTING

In a saucepan over very low heat, melt butter and chocolate. (This can also be done in the microwave on low power.) Blend thoroughly.

In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, instant coffee, beaten eggs and vanilla. Stir to blend. Add chocolate mixture and nuts. Stir to blend. Pour into a greased 9x13x2" baking dish. Bake at 350 F. for 35 to 45 minutes. _Do not overbake_. Brownies should be moist and chewy. Cool in pan, then place in refrigerator until chilled. Frost after chilling.

To make frosting: In a saucepan over very low heat, heat chocolate and cream until chocolate has melted. (This can be done in the microwave on low power.) Cut butter into small chunks. Add to chocolate mixture. Stir until butter is melted.

Remove brownies from refrigerator; pour on frosting. Spread immediately. Return to refrigerator until ganache has set.

Mann wrote: "I would greatly appreciate your publishing the Queen of Tarts recipe for brownies with chocolate ganache. They are great." Colombo wrote: "I was a little leery when I read the list of ingredients, but the brownies were terrific and a snap to make." From Queen of Tarts/Louisville, KY as per the request of Louisvillian Wallace V. Mann, Jr. in Alice Colombo's 11/30/94"Cook's Corner" column called "It's a Queen of Tarts Kind of Day in Dessert Land" in "The (Louisville, KY) Courier-Journal." Pg. C5. Typed for you by Cathy Harned. Submitted By CATHY HARNED On 11-30-94

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