Hazelnut Chocolate Brownies

Born in a family who is not a big-time chocolate fan, Brownies were something made in very little quantity for me and my brother, rarely. Being a food blogger for the past 2 years now, I have tried brownies at many places around Pune. With so many variants such a cakey, chewy and fudgy type of brownies the cakey variant is something I personally love. I haven’t baked a lot of brownies in my baking journey so far but I have managed to come up with a decent recipe.

The recipe yields a cakey brownie with a high dose of cocoa. Topped these with some hazelnuts because I forgot to bring walnuts from the market. Added some salt to the brownies which adds a slight saltiness as well as enhances the cocoa dose in the brownie giving your palate a perfectly balanced taste. HAPPY BAKING!!!

Hazelnut Chocolate Brownies

Chocolatey cakey treat topped with Hazelnuts to bring out the kid in you.

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Prep Time 1 hr 30 mins

Baking Time 25 mins

Total Time 1 hr 55 mins

Category Cakes

Difficulty Medium

Servings 1 tray

Calories 0.78 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 30 gms Unsalted Butter (1/4th cup)
• 60 gms Powdered sugar (1/2 cup)
• 30 ml Oil (2 tbsp)
• 30 gms Milk powder (1/4cup)
• 50 gms Cocoa Powder (1/2 cup)
• 10 ml Coffee Decoction (2 tsp)
• 120 gms Refined Flour (1 cup)
• 4 gms Baking powder (1 tsp)
• 120 ml Milk (3/5th cup)
• 20 gms Hazelnuts
• 5 gms Kosher Salt (optional) (1 tsp)

Instructions

 

• Start by weighing all ingredients and sifting all dry ingredients together.
• In another bowl, cream together unsalted butter, oil, and Sugar (Soften mixture).
• Add in the coffee decoction to the mixture, a coffee decoction is one part of coffee powder to one part warm water.

  NOTE: This is an optional step but highly recommended. The coffee enhances the chocolate flavour resulting in a rich product.
• Moving on, Sift in the dry ingredients to the bowl and fold into the mixture.
• Add milk to the mixture in order to adjust consistency.
• Transfer the batter to a pre-greased/ baking paper-lined tray. Top with Hazelnuts and bake at 170 degrees Celsius or 338 degrees Fahrenheit for 20-25 Mins or till toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool for some time and demould the tray, top with chocolate ganache/ kosher salt as per preference.

Keyword Brownies, cakey brownies, Chocolate, hazelnut