My Sweet B recently turned 12. She is what my mother would call a "love child" According to my mother when a child is made while the parents are deeply in love, that love embeds itself within the child. I would have to agree. B is definitely our love child. She loves being loved on, hugs are her favorite, nothing is better than cuddling up to her dad or me. She's not reached the age where she is ashamed to hold my hand in public, give me a kiss in front of her friends or any of those things pre-teens find gross. I am completely enamored with her, even now. She is very inquisitive, super intelligent and she cares about her mommy and daddy. She has a "hardcore" love for us and we respect it and reciprocate it.
The Gruesome Twosome, that's what I call B and E. They are the funniest when they are dancing together. They make up dances and songs all of the time. E's been dancing with her since she was a baby. Their song is My Girl by The Temptations. B thinks her daddy is every.single.thing; and he thinks his "Princess" can do no wrong.
They are so much alike it's scary. She's emotional like E when it comes to me, she cocks her head to the side and watches TV like E, she is super silly like E and she has a ferocious sweet tooth like E.
One
of our birthday traditions is dinner of choice, no matter
what restaurant or cooked meal. It will always be funny to me that my
kids and E would prefer I cook for them instead of being taken out to
dinner. Is this not the most random birthday dinner request? LOL
Her latest favorite is Nutella. If I
let her she would eat a spoonful or three every day. So when I received
her birthday dinner list I was not surprised when she wanted Nutella as
a part of her dinner.
These brownies were very moist and rich and just plain old delicious. I'm even thinking of adding them to my Cookie Boxes that I give as gifts during Christmas...never mind these aren't cookies. LOL The next time I whip these up I will be adding some actual hazelnuts to the batter!
Moist Nutella Brownies
What you need:
- 1 Cup All Purpose Flour
- 3/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 Cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Brown Sugar
- 2 Teaspoons Hazelnut Extract (vanilla will work fine also)
- 4 Eggs
- 1 Cup Nutella, room temperature
- 1/2 Cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350
- In a medium size bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon
- In a small sauce pan, melt the butter on low heat. Then add the sugars and hazelnut extract. Stir until combined
- Remove from heat and move the mixture to the bowl of your mixer. Let the mixture cool before adding the eggs
- Add one egg at a time, mixing completely before adding the next egg
- Add the dry ingredients, stir just to incorporate
- Add the room temperature Nutella and mix until incorporated (Note: you can melt this in the microwave for about 30 seconds if you'd like, I didn't)
- Add the chocolate chips and stir with a rubber spatula
- Pour the batter into a greased 9x13 pan
- Bake for 35-40 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool before slicing.
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