Nutella Chewy Brownies. Now I got your attention didn’t I? Never had a situation where there wasn’t a Nutella bottle sitting in the snack pantry but today was an exception. WHY? Because it all went into making these delicious Nutella Chewy Brownies. I can’t blame myself for this occurrence when these brownies are staring innocently at me.
Chewy or Moist or Fudgy brownies. If you struggle like me to decide on your Favorite brownie texture. Why not try varying the proportions in your brownie to find a texture that you like. That is usually what I do to achieve the kind of brownie I desire when I’m specially craving , something sweet, something chocolatey and something brownie.
So what makes a chewy, fudgy or cakey brownie. It’s pretty simple once you understand the ingredients and the role they play in a recipe. Simple things first. The ingredients used to make a brownie is mostly the same: eggs, sugar, flour, cocoa powder/ chocolate, fat (oil or butter). The outcome of how your brownie taste will depend on how much of each ingredient you add.
Let’s look at how you can get more fudgy, chewy brownies:
1.Add brown sugar ( This helps to increase the moisture content which results in fudgier brownies) Same theory goes for chewy cookies. If you like chewy cookies, add brown sugar, if you like crispy cookies, add castor sugar
2.Add oil
3.More eggs, egg yolk = fudgier brownies
4.Bake in a shorter period of time
5.Use melted butter or melted chocolate
To obtain the other cakey brownie, you go the opposite way (decrease moisture content):
1.Add castor sugar instead of brown sugar
2.Add more flour
3.Bake in a longer period of time
4.Contain less butter and usually uses the creaming method to incorporate more air into the batter
5.Use of chemical leaveners such as baking powder/ soda
Now that we got to understand how different ingredients cause a brownie to taste differently, let me introduce you my all time favourite brownie- the gooey fudgey make me feel good Nutella Chewy brownies. The added Nutella makes the brownie even more moist and chocolatey. But if you’re looking for a real Nutella hit brownie, this is not the case. This recipe is adapted from Karly from Bunsinmyoven. Thank you so much for sharing.
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- 113 g butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 75 g Nutella
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 140 g semisweet chocolate chopped 55%
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Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F / 175 deg Cel.
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Butter a 8 by 8” Square pan.
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In a double boiler, melt butter completely. Stir in sugar and continue cooking for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Do not allow the mixture to boil.
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Remove from the heat and stir in the Nutella until well combined.
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Beat in cocoa powder, eggs, salt, baking powder, and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.
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Stir in the flour and Choc until just combined.
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Spread into prepared pan (batter will be very thick and sticky) and bake for about 25-30 minutes, until a tester comes out mostly clean. The edges should be set and the center should still look slightly moist, but not uncooked. Cool on a wire rack.
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