Hazelnut Brownies Recipe

Hazelnut Brownies

Recipe provided courtesy of Taste of Home magazine.  Find more great recipes at www.tasteofhome.com.

I created these deep chocolate brownies by combining several recipes.  After they cooled, I divided them up and put some in the freezer or we would have eaten the entire pan!  They’re now a family favorite.

Becki Strader                                                                     Pasco, Washington

Hazelnut Brownies Recipe

Hazelnut Brownies

1 cup butter, melted

2 cup sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

1 cup all-purpose flour

¾ cup baking cocoa

½ tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

½ cup chopped hazelnuts

Frosting:   2 cups (12 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup heavy whipping cream or refrigerated hazelnut nondairy creamer

2 Tbsp. butter

½ cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Beat in vanilla.  Combine in flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture.  Fold in hazelnuts.

Spread into a greased 13×9 inch baking pan.  Bake at 350 F. for 30 – 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean (do not overbake).  Cool on a wire rack.

For frosting, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chips and cream until chips are melted; stir until smooth.  Stir in butter until melted.  Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until frosting achieves spreading consistency, stirring several times.  Frost brownies.  Sprinkle with hazelnuts.

 

 (Recipe for Hazelnut Brownies was in Taste of Home Cookies and bars, June 11, 2012 issue)

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