Outrageous Nutella Brownies
Ingredients
Nutella Slab
- 400g / 13 oz Nutella (Note 1)
Wet
- 200 g / 1 3/4 US sticks (14 tbsp) unsalted butter
- 200 g / 1 1/4 cups / 7 oz dark chocolate melts / semi sweet chocolate chips (Note 2)
- 1 cup (175g) brown sugar, loosely packed
- 3 eggs, room temp
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Dry
- 1/2 cup (75g) flour, plain/all purpose, sifted if lump
- 1/4 cup (30g) cocoa powder, sifted
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- 1
Nutella Slab - Grease a 20cm/8" square pan with butter then line with parchment/baking paper with overhang.
- 2
Nutella Slab - Scrape Nutella into pan, spread. Freeze 1 hour or until solid.
- 3
Nutella Slab - Using paper overhang, remove onto a plate and return to freezer (softens pretty quickly)
- 4
Batter - Preheat oven to 180C/350F (standard) or 160C/320F (fan forced / convection).
- 5
Batter - Reline the same pan with parchment/baking paper with overhang.
- 6
Batter - Place butter and chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl, microwave in 30 second bursts (takes me 1 min) until almost melted. Stir to finish melting and incorporate butter into chocolate.
- 7
Batter - Cool for a few minutes. Add eggs, sugar and vanilla, whisk to combine.
- 8
Batter - Add Dry ingredients, whisk to combine (few lumps ok).
- 9
Assemble & Bake - Pour half batter into pan. Use spatula/egg flip to lift frozen Nutella slab and place on top. Top with remaining batter.
- 10
Assemble & Bake - Bake 35 minutes. Insert skewer in middle to check if cooked – should come out with mostly pale brown smear (Nutella) and a bit of dark brown smear (brownie, fudgy).
- 11
Assemble & Bake - Cool in pan 30 minutes, then use paper overhang to lift out. Cool for at least another 45 minutes then slice into 16 pieces (4 x 4) and serve!
