Isa's Baking Corner

Ingredients:
Brownie
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup cocoa powder
1 3/4 cup sugar
4 egg, room temperature
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
0.67 cup walnut pieces, toasted


Chilled Hot Chocolate Sauce
2/3 cup whipping cream
4 0z. seme-sweet chocolate squares, chopped
Directions:

Brownie
Preheat oven to 325 F and prepare 2 greased 2 x 3 1/2-inch loaf pans (or 1 4 x 8-inch loaf pan).
Melt butter (over stove or in microwave) and pour into a larger bowl. Sift cocoa into butter and stir in. Stir in sugar.
Add eggs to mixture, blending well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt (do not sift). Add to cocoa mixture and blend. Stir in walnuts.
Pour brownie batter into pans and bake for 40-45 minutes, until firm when touched. Allow to cool.
Thaw ice cream for 5 minutes, just to soften.
Remove brownies from loaf tins. Wipe tins and line with plastic wrap. Slice each loaf horizontally in half. Place bottom half back into each tin. Spoon ice cream onto brownie in tin and spread into corners. Top ice cream with other half of brownie. Wrap and freeze until ready to serve (brownie should not freeze completely due to high sugar content).
Chilled Hot Chocolate Sauce
Heat cream over medium heat until simmering, remove from heat. Pour over semi-sweet chocolate in a bowl. Let stand for 5 minutes. Gently stir. Let stand another 10 minutes, and stir again. Pour over brownies.