Nutella Brownies

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These Nutella Brownies, if I do say so myself, were delicious. These were loosely based on my Healthy Brownies, but the key difference here is that I used Nutella instead of chocolate. The result is a moist, rich and dense brownie that oozes (not literally) Nutella flavouring.

The brownies went down a storm at work, and would be perfect for pretty much any occasion. Let's all take a moment to thank Michele Ferrero, who sadly died this week, for gifting the world with Nutella. My world, and certainly these Nutella Brownies, would have been lacking without his creation.

Makes 24

Ingredients

• 375g Butter
• 200g Nutella
• 200g Caster Sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 225g Plain Flour
• 50g Cocoa Powder

Recipe

• Preheat the oven to 200C/180C and line a brownie/roasting tin with baking parchment.
• In a saucepan, melt the butter and Nutella together over a medium heat until smooth.
• Remove from the heat, then beat in the sugar and the eggs until well combined.
• Fold in the flour and cocoa powder. If they are lumpy, use a sieve to add them to the batter.
• Pour the batter into the brownie/roasting tin and bake for 20 minutes. Check with a skewer, and remove from the oven when it comes out with brownie on it. If the skewer has batter on it, return the brownie batter to the oven for another 4 minutes. Do not wait until the skewer is clean, because the brownies will be dry and more cake-like.
• Allow to cool before slicing up. 

                                                                                          

We Should Cocoa is hosted by Katie at Recipe For Perfection this month, and she has chosen brownies as her theme. These Nutella Brownies certainly fit the bill, though I don't think I'm the only one entering to have come up with such a combination! The challenge is overseen by Choclette at Chocolate Log Blog.