A MUST TRY!!

I was checking out The Pioneer Woman's website on Friday and she had posted what was going on over at the Tasty Kitchen blog. Usually on the Tasty Kitchen blog, there is a theme to each post and it's usually filled with tons of collages of beautiful and tasty looking treats that fit into the theme. On this particular day, it was all about brownies and bars. Yum, I love brownies. I was drooling just looking at all the pictures and was making a mental note of which ones I wanted to try next. At the end of the post was a picture of this brownie that looked AMAZING! I just knew I HAD to bake it.

Doesn't this look AMAZING?

Image taken from the Tasty Kitchen website

I wanted to make these for the bake sale but I wasn't sure how I would package it nicely and not make a mess with the melted Nutella so I just ended up making these for myself on Saturday. They were delicious! I have never had Nutella before and was a little nervous to try it but one taste and I was in love! I could eat it by the spoonful! Incredibly dangerous. For my waist anyways.

Oh Nutella. I heart you.


These brownies are amazing. A must try. The brownies by it self is really good. I love made from scratch brownies. I also love nuts in brownies so instead of topping the brownies with chopped hazelnuts, I incorporated them into the brownies. I also ended up doubling the recipe since the originally recipe didn't look like it made a lot.

Nutella Hazelnut Caramel Brownies

Ingredients
½ cups All-purpose Flour
⅓ cups Cocoa Powder
¼ teaspoons Baking Powder
1 pinch Salt
1 cup Sugar
½ sticks Unsalted Butter
2 whole Eggs
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
¼ cups Nutella - Melted (more If Desired)
¼ cups Caramel Sauce - Melted
1 bag (8 Oz.) Small Bag Of Hazelnuts, Or More If Desired

-This is the original recipe, not doubled.

Preparation Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Into a mixing bowl, add your flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder. Using a whisk, mix together and set aside. Into your stand mixer, add the sugar and butter; cream together. Add in eggs one at a time and mix well. Add in your vanilla. GRADUALLY add in your flour mixture until it’s well combined. Batter should be thick and sticky.

Spray an ovenproof dish with cooking spray. Place a piece of parchment paper (slightly larger than your dish to allow for handles) inside. It will adhere to the bottom of the dish. Take HALF of your brownie batter and smooth it on top of the parchment paper. Take your caramel sauce and spoon it on top of the brownie mixture covering the entire layer of brownie. Place the remaining brownie batter on top, smoothing it out. Place in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes until sides are firm and center is no longer giggly.

Allow brownies to cool completely before removing. Cut your brownies to your desired size using a serrated knife. Make a small indentation with your finger into each brownie. Take your melted Nutella and drizzle over the tops of the brownies. Garnish with the hazelnuts.

-Even though I doubled the recipe, I still baked it for 30-40 minutes.

I ate a piece for lunch today. Yummm


On another note, I think I need to take some photography classes.

I hope you decide to give this a try!