Cinnamon Hazelnut Brownies!

This weekend, I found a bottle of Nutella lurking in the cupboard and decided to try to bake something with it. Most of the recipes I found were for Nutella cookies and Nutella cake that I have done before. However, I found this cinnamon hazelnut brownie recipe on a blog that looked quite tasty and interesting, so I decided to try it.

These brownies are baked out of melted chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, baking powder, ground cinnamon and a pinch of salt. The chocolate chips were only sprinkled on top right at the end. I was meant to sprinkle chopped hazelnuts as well but the Husband came in for a chat and distracted me!

I got 20 pieces out of a 8" by 8" pan.

The Husband has said that they are "pretty good."

Orange-Vanilla Bars!

A sweet treat this weekend! This orange-vanilla bar was meant to be an orange-almond bar but because the Husband is not a fan of almond, I adapted the recipe by substituting almond extract for vanilla extract. I kept the sprinkling of flaked almonds as I think it makes the bar look better.

This cookie bar is baked out of plain flour, orange zest, egg, baking powder, sugar, butter and vanilla extract. The dough is then shaped into 4 rectangles before they are brushed with milk and sprinkled with flaked almonds. It is a really sweet chewy cookie bar drizzled with orange icing.

I concluded that the Husband quite liked them when he took the tin out of the kitchen without telling me and ate 6 pieces! Subsequently, I realised he had also eaten a few more pieces under the baking paper layer!