Frosted Brownies with Chocolate and Nuts

Ingredients

Brownie

• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting

• 3 tablespoons soft butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• few grains salt
• 2 cups sifted icing sugar
• 2 to 2 1/2 tablespoons warm cream or milk
• 1/2 cup chocolate shavings
• 1/2 cup chopped lightly roasted nuts (your choice of nuts) for the topping

Directions

Brownie

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
2. Grease an 8 inch square cake pan.
3. Sift together dry ingredients; flour, cocoa, salt and sugar.
4. Turn into prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull aways from the sides of the pan.
5. Let cool before frosting.

Frosting

1. Cream the butter then beat in the vanilla and a few grains of salt.
2. Blend in the icing sugar alternately with the cream or milk.
3. Beat until smooth and a good piping/spreading consistancy adding more milk or icing sugar if necessary.
4. Fill the piping bag and pipe the icing onto the brownies.
5. Sprinkle the chocolate shavings and nuts on top.