Recipe #4 Hazelnut Brownie

Brownie is actually “A cake gone Wrong”. Extra flour and less baking soda and baking powder was added which led to a gooey centre. However, many people think that brownie is undercooked cake,No! , brownie gets that texture because of more flour in it and not because its undercooked. This recipe shall help you make some yummilicious, absolutely sinful brownies

Ingredients

·      1 cup milk

·      1 ½ tsp vinegar

·      1 cup maida (All purpose flour)

·      1 cup caster sugar

·      ½ cup cocoa

·      ½ cup vegetable oil

·      1 tsp baking soda

·      1 tsp baking powder

·      ½ cup chopped hazelnuts

·      ½ cup nutella

Method

·      In a pan, pour milk and add vinegar and boil it until the mixture has curdled and keep it aside to cool

·      In a bowl, sift maida (all purpose flour), cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder and baking soda

·      Add oil and curdled milk in the bowl of sifted ingredients. Using an electric beater, beat the mixture well until everything is well incorporated

·      Add the chopped hazelnuts and fold these nuts with a spatula

·      Preheat the oven at 180deg c

·      Pour this mixture in a square or rectangle ½ kg well greased mould (you can dust flour on the mould after greasing it in order to ensure that the brownie comes out clean after baking process)

·      Bake it for 30 mins, let it sit in the mould for 15 mins and then demould it

·      The texture of the brownie will be gooey and moist and crunchy because of the hazelnuts

·      After it cools completely, then cut the brownie into square pieces of whatever size you prefer. Then spread nutella on all the pieces using the back of a knife

·      You can serve it cold or at room temperature

Happy Baking!!

Note: You can replace hazelnuts with walnuts or put no nuts at all and add Choco chips in the mixture!