Hazelnut Chocolate Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 200 g hazelnuts, roasted, peeled, coursely chopped
• 250 g good quality dark chocolate
• 185 g butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 160 c.
• 2 grease 16 x 16 cms pan and line with baking paper.
• 3 melt chocolate and butter together in bowl over saucepan of boiling water.
• 4 cool slightly.
• 5 beat eggs, sugar and vanilla with electric beaters till thick and pale.
• 6 stir in cooled chocolate.
• 7 sift in flour and baking powder, stir till just combined.
• 8 add hazelnuts, mix in well.
• 9 pour into prepared pan, bake for 35 - 40 minutes.
• 10 cool in pan for 10 minutes then turn onto wire rack.