Chocolate Spices & Sea Salt Brownies

Isn’t everything that has chocolate and spices feels more festive? Of course, it does! That is the main reason that these delicious Chocolate Spices & Sea Salt Brownies, are going to be on my NOVI GOD table this upcoming holiday.

Wait a minute, you don’t know what is NOVI GOD? Ohhhh you do know what it is, continue to the next paragraph. So what is the deal with NOVI GOD? Back in the USSR, everybody celebrated NOVI GOD (new year in Russian). Truth be told I did not know this holiday before I meet A., in fact, I didn’t pay mutch notice to the beginning of the new civil year. Beeing Jewish I had my own ROSH HASHANA, and here in Israel celebrating New Year’s Eve is an option, not a must.It all changed when I meet A., come to think about it, we started going out around NOVI GOD 4 years ago. Ever since then I go all crazy for the glittery holiday, and frankly who doesn’t? With the YOLKA (tree in Russian); the lights; the decoration, and all the cookies.This has been hard for us, actually I think it has been hard on almost everyone I know. So we decided to roll the dice and throw an extra festive party. The hose is all twinkling with fairy lights, the tree is all decorated and sparkly, and all is left to do is make Natalie’s perfect Chocolate Spices & Sea Salt Brownies.

You have to trust me about this, these brownies are your go to, new years dessert.  They are Chocolaty; dense; rich with holiday test thanks to the spices and sea salt. By the way, you don’t have to wait for New Year’s Eve, you can just make them NOW! Oh, and if you are heading into the kitchen, don’t forget to log into Natalie’s new amazing blog Lil cookie, it is absolutely the best baking blog you’ll ever find!

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Chocolate Spices & Sea Salt Brownies

Prep Time 2 hours

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes

Servings 20

Author Lil Cookie

Ingredients

For Brownies

• 200 gr/7 oz dark chocolate
• 150 gr/5.3 oz butter
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground clove
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 150 gr/5.3 oz sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 100 gr / 3.5 oz plain flour

For frosting

• 100 gr/3.5 oz dark chocolate
• 125 ml heavy cream

For decoration

• 100 gr/3.5 oz nuts & seeds
• Kosher salt

Instructions

Make the brownies

1. Preheat the oven to 356°F/180°C.
2. Add butter and chocolate into a large bowl. melt together in the microwave in 30 sec intervals, until the butter and chocolate have melted, stirring between intervals to mix them.
3. Add salt, vanilla extract, cinnamon, clove, and ginger, whisk batter together to incorporate.
4. Whisk in one egg at a time.
5. Add the flour into the mix and mix just to combine everything. Don't over mix the batter.
6. Pour batter into a parchment lined 8X2 inch (20X20 cm)baking sheet.
7. Bake for 15-20 min, or until edges are firm and the middle part is still a bit soft.
8. Let cool in room temperature.

Make the frosting

1. Add butter and chocolate into a large bowl. melt together in the microwave in 30 sec intervals, until the butter and chocolate have melted, stirring between intervals to mix them.
2. Let cool in the refrigerator for an hour, stirring occasionally until it becomes consistent to spread over brownies.

Decorate

1. Sprinkle with kosher salt, nuts, and seeds.
2. ****We added a few orange sliced peels on top.

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