recipe: nutella blondies

i had to bake for a holiday party, and decided to go with a few diff cookie bars. i had seen a few yum-looking ones on foodgawker.com that seemed test-worthy.

the first is nutella blondies from Krafted by Kelly, who adapted the recipe from Martha Stewart. since my BFF hates nuts in cookies/brownies, i skipped adding the hazelnuts. i don't like them IN cookies/brownies either, but they would probably be good in a chocolate cookie / hazelnut crust if i made these again.

ingredients list:
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter-
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 & 3/4 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 large tablespoons Nutella

to make: preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease an 8x11" baking dish and set aside. combine flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl.

melt butter, and beat butter and sugar until combined. beat in eggs and vanilla. add flour mixture, and stir until combined. stir in Nutella.

press dough into baking dish, adding an additional topping if desired (crushed toasted hazelnuts, or i used toffee bits), then bake about 25 minutes (until it passes the toothpick test). cool & serve!
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these were very good. i expected them to be very heavy, but they were much lighter than a brownie consistency. Nutella flavor was not too strong to take over the rest of the blondie... just a lil zip. for someone who doesn't love sweet-sweet, they were a nice lil snack. i'd pop it a 7 *******.