Pistachio Chocolate Brownies

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

Oh so moreish. One batch will not be enough! The whole house will smell delightful and the only problem will be waiting for the brownies to cool......The recipe is designed to have the minimum of washing up too!

Preparation Time	25 minutes
Baking Time	30 minutes
Portions	Makes 16
Skill Level	Easy
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Ingredients

375 grams	Plain Chocolate 70% Cocoa Solids
280 grams	Unsalted Butter Cubed
185 grams	Billington's Dark Muscovado Sugar
95 grams	Billington's Golden Caster Sugar
3	Large Eggs
135 grams	Plain Flour
5 ml	Baking Powder
100 grams	Pistachios Roughly Chopped
	Billington's Golden Icing Sugar For Dusting Optional

Method

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Preheat the oven to 180 C, Gas Mark 4. Line the base and sides of the tin with parchment paper.
Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. It is important not to let the base of the bowl touch the water.
Add the sugars to the melted chocolate and allow the sugar to dissolve. Stir occassionally.
Remove from the heat and add the beaten eggs one at a time mixing well to combine.
Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold through with the chopped pistachio nuts using a spatula or metal spoon.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for 30 minutes. When baked it should be dry and firm on top and edges and still soft and 'fudgy' in the middle. Allow to cool completely in the tin before dusting with icing sugar and cutting.