Servings: 24 Prep: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 40-50 Minutes
Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
For the Brownies:
3 Sticks Unsalted Butter
2 Cups Cocoa Powder
6 Large Eggs
2 Cups Sugar
2 Cups Packed Light Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Pure Vanilla Extract
2 Cups Flour
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Hazelnuts, Chopped
1 Cup Dark Chocolate Wafers, Chopped
*Recipe Adapted from The Washington Post
For the Frosting:
8 Oz Cream Cheese, Softened
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Dark Chocolate Wafers
1/4 Cup Milk
1 Tsp Cook’s Hazelnut Extract
Pinch of Salt
Directions
For the Brownies:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Grease a 13X9 Baking pan with Butter.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and then whisk in the cocoa powder until the mixture is smooth.
- In the bowl of a mixer, mix together the eggs and the sugars until the mixture is light in color and the sugars are mostly dissolved.
- To the egg mixture, gradually add the cocoa and butter mixture. (If the cocoa/butter is still hot, make sure to temper the eggs by adding just a tiny bit of the cocoa mixture first and then gradually increasing the amount while mixing vigorously to avoid cooking the eggs.)
- Add in the pure vanilla extract.
- Add in the flour, salt, nuts, and chocolate, mixing by hand until all the flour is integrated and the additions are evenly distributed.
- Add the batter to the pan and bake for 40-50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle.
- Let cool completely.
For the Frosting:
- In a saucepan, melt together the chocolate and the milk.
- In the bowl of a mixer, mix together the cream cheese, sugar, melted chocolate, hazelnut flavoring, and salt.
- Once the frosting is smooth. Gently frost the top of the cooled brownies.