Nutella Brownies

I love Nutella, as you probably know by now!!  I found this recipe about 3 days ago and made these in my first moment of spare time. I literally couldn't wait for them to come out of the oven and cool!  They are so chewy and chocolaty and perfect!  There is only a slight flavor of nutella, which was kind of disappointing but the overall brownie was crazy good!!  I also liked the recipe because it made a large pan of brownies and they are over an inch thick.  I feel like most recipes are for small square pans and sometimes don't puff up very much, but not these.  Its a lot of batter and they grow a ton in the oven!  The other thing that I love about this recipe is you melt the butter in a sauce pan, so it doesn't have to be room temperature.  That bugs me when you have to wait an hour for the butter to come to room temperature before you can start baking.   So this is another plus for this recipe for me.  Overall, I think you should definitely make these if your a Nutella nut like me!

Nutella Brownie Recipe - Adapted from Ravienomnoms Blog
Yield - About 24 squares
Ingredients:
1 Cup Butter, Unsalted
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Teaspoons Vanilla
4 Eggs
1 Cup Flour
3/4 Cup Baking Cocoa Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Cup Nutella, melted until runny
1 Cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
Some chocolate shavings for the top (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a medium size bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
3. In a small sauce pan, melt the butter on low heat.  Then add the sugars and vanilla.  Stir until combined.  
4. Remove from heat and move the mixture to the bowl of your mixer.  Let cool for about 15 minutes.
5. Add one egg at a time and make sure that the egg is completely mixed in before add the next egg.
6. Add the dry ingredients, stir til incorporated.
7. Add the melted nutella, about 30 seconds in the microwave will do it.
8. Add the chocolate chips and stir.  
9. Pour the batter into a greased 9x13 pan.  Add the chocolate shavings to the top if you want.
10. Bake for 35-40 minutes.
11. Remove from the oven and let cool before slicing.
12. Enjoy with a glass of milk!