Chocolate Hazelnut Bars
photo by Shasha
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
24 bars
ingredients
-
Base
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, at room temp
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Topping
- 1⁄2 cup cocoa
- 2 teaspoons flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1⁄3 cup unsalted butter, at room temp
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 1⁄2 cups toasted hazelnuts, chopped
- 2 cups shredded sweetened coconut
directions
- BASE.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Grease a 9x13 baking pan.
- Stir together the flour with the brown sugar and salt.
- Slowly stir in the butter and mix until crumbly.
- Press mixture into the bottom of the pan.
- Bake until golden, around 15 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 325°.
- TOPPING.
- In a small bowl whisk together the cocoa with the flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl whisk together eggs with the butter, vanilla and sugar.
- Whisk in cocoa mixture and stir to well blended.
- Stir in the nuts and coconut.
- Pour over top of baked crust.
- Shake a bit to level top.
- Bake in oven until middle is firm, around 30 minutes.
- Remove and cool in pan on a rack.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Diana Adcock
Geneseo, Illinois