Nutella cookie bars
Chewy brown butter bars stuffed with Nutella!
Ingredients
- 110 grams or 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 50 grams or 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 50 grams or 1/4 cup brown sugar light or dark
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 140 grams or 1 heaped cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt omit if butter is salted
- 1/2 or 3/4 cup Nutella more or less is fine, i used half of a large jar, you could use more
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C and line a 8 inch square pan with parchment paper / foil. Alternately , you could grease and flour it.
- Stir or sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Keep aside.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan and let it bubble away for a few minutes until brown and has a nutty smell.
- Pour it into a mixing bowl and let cool for a few minutes.
- Add the sugars and whisk in well. Don't worry , the sugars won't dissolve.
- Whisk in the egg. Your batter will be thicker and smoother now
- Mix in the vanilla.
- Add the dry ingredients mixture and whisk in until combined and you can't see flour anymore.
- The batter or dough will be thickish but still sticky.
- Spread half of the batter into your pan as evenly as possible.
- Pour in nutella and spread it over the dough. Chill in the freezer until nutella is firm (20-30 mins). This makes spreading the top layer easier.
- Spread the top layer with your hands ( sticky but not too messy) . Its cool if you don't cover the entire nutella, it ll just give you a swirly appearance.
- Bake until golden brown or 30-32 minutes. Will be soft to touch but will firm on cooling down.
- Cool in pan and slice !
Notes
The original recipe called for a 9 x13 pan which i didn't have. Double the recipe if you do have one.
You can store in an airtight box in the fridge or room temperature for few days but is best eaten at room temperature.
Too less nutella will give you a Nutella flavoured cookie bar and not a "stuffing",
I just used a whisk and had no trouble at all. Use a beater if you want.
Heat the nutella in the microwave or saucepan to make it easier to spread.
You can store in an airtight box in the fridge or room temperature for few days but is best eaten at room temperature.
Too less nutella will give you a Nutella flavoured cookie bar and not a "stuffing",
I just used a whisk and had no trouble at all. Use a beater if you want.
Heat the nutella in the microwave or saucepan to make it easier to spread.