If you're anything like me (and let's just hope you aren't), sometimes you just need chocolate. And you need it in a hurry. You don't want to mess around with making anything, so maybe you eat a small candy bar, pop a few chocolate chips in your mouth, or eat a spoonful of frosting (What? No one else does that? Awkwardddd).
Well, let me introduce to you the perfect mini dessert to fix your chocolate wants and needs. 3 ingredient brownies...what more could you ask for? Okay, there's a lot of things you could, but you shouldn't. Dip the brownies in a simple ganache and you, my friend, have the ideal snack. The best part is, you probably won't have to go grocery shopping! I know, right? You're welcome.
When I found this recipe the other day I knew I had to try it, and after I tried it I knew I had to share. Enjoy!
Recipe adapted from I'll Have What She's Having
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of Nutella
- 1 egg
- 5 tablespoons of flour
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Mix your Nutella with the egg, stirring until smooth. I used a fork for this part, just to whisk up the egg a bit before combining it with the Nutella. Add the flour, and stir until everything is incorporated. The consistency will be strange (at least, it was to me) so don't get worried. It's all good! Literally.
Grease a mini muffin tin and fill the cups about 3/4 full. I used a rounded 1/2 tablespoon, and that was perfect. Bake the brownies for about 10-12 minutes. The original recipe for the brownies calls for dusting them with sugar, but I went a different direction. A chocolate direction. I took the road less traveled, if you will. And it HAS made all the difference. Too much? Yeah, I figured.
Easy Chocolate Ganache
Proportions and recipe adjusted from the lovely Bakerella's recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 oz chocolate chips
Bakerella's recipe calls for heating the butter and cream in a saucepan until just before the boiling stage. You can do that! Or if you're super anxious like me, you can microwave it for about 45 seconds. Just make sure you watch it so that it doesn't boil. Add in the chocolate chips and let it sit for a few seconds, then stir until everything is smooth and glossy and loveable. Dip your mini brownies into the ganache, twisting as you pull up so that the strings of ganache break. And there you go! You can eat immediately or let the ganache harden a little. Up to you. The choice is yours.
And there ya go! See? I told you it was easy.
I used to like Nutella - went crazy for it back in college when I went to Germany on campaign, but just don't care for it now. Do the brownies taste like Nutella?
ReplyDeleteRobin-that's a shame! I can't imagine not liking Nutella! =) When they are plain, they do taste like Nutella. With the ganache, though, it's not as noticeable! More like a normal brownie with a hint of hazelnut.
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