I don't remember why Nutella came to mind the other day, but it did. I never had it before, but decided to give it a try. After tasting it, I decided to look online for recipes that called for Nutella. I found a 'Peanut Butter & Nutella Brownies' recipe. They taste like regular brownies to me except there is a bit of a nutty taste to 'em, but not enough to make 'em special, if ya know what I mean. Anyhoo, if you care to give this recipe a try, here's the ingredients and directions...
½ cup butter (i prefer unsalted), melted (i melted mine in the microwave)
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
½ cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
¼ cup peanut butter (chunky, smooth, whatever you have on hand)
¼ cup Nutella
Mini chocolate chips (optional) (put as many as you like)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom of an 8x8 inch pan (i used a glass dish and sprayed it with pam).
Measure the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt into a small bowl and whisk to combine.
Stir the sugar into the melted butter. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
Put the Nutella and peanut butter in a small bowl and microwave until runny (about 30 seconds). Fold into brownie mix.
Optional - Add as many mini chocolate chips as you like into the brownie batter (i didn't measure, so not sure how much i put in, but it wasn't much; i probably should have put more, i couldn't really tell they were there), stir them in; you can also sprinkle some mini chocolate chips on top.
Pour the batter into the pan and and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the top forms a crust.
It's quick and easy.
And here they are... Let them cool a bit before cutting. Be sure and have white milk on hand; warm brownies (slightly cooled) and cold milk, what a delicious combination.
Just like last time, Bailey fell asleep while Caitie and I were baking. So cute. Not long after this, Bailey woke up and wanted to taste a brownie, but wasn't too successful...
Sweet sisters sharing... or not...
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Gotta love that sweet sisters bond thing.
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Feel the need to visit an ophthalmologist now? Don't worry, there's no need, I'm sure you're not the only one that had to squint, or go get a magniflying glass, or run and get your spouse to make sure the font in the 'bubble comments' is as tiny as looking from a 10-story-building at an ant crossing the sidewalk below; the font is a bit on the small side... just a tad... um, yeah. Sorry 'bout that.
