Food & Home Entertaining – September 2019

BEER BROWNIES
WITH CARAMEL,
HAZELNUTS AND

PRETZELS

Serves 6 – 8 EASY 40 mins

WHAT YOU NEED
250g salted butter
450g castor sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
100ml beer
300g cake flour, sifted
80g cocoa powder, sifted
pinch salt
pinch bicarbonate of soda
3 eggs
100g hazelnuts, lightly
toasted and roughly
chopped

100g Nestlé Caramel Treat

50g salted pretzels, some

broken and some kept

whole for variety

HOW TO DO IT

1 Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Grease and line the base

and sides of a 23cm-square

cake tin with baking paper.

Set aside until needed.

2 Melt the butter in a

medium saucepan placed

over medium heat. Add the

castor sugar, vanilla extract

and beer, and mix until just

combined. Remove from

heat and set aside.

3 Combine the cake flour,

cocoa powder, salt and

bicarbonate of soda in a

large bowl. Add the butter

mixture and mix until just

combined. Add the eggs

and ½ the hazelnuts, mixing

until incorporated well.

4 Pour the batter into the

prepared cake tin and bake

in the preheated oven

until a skewer inserted into

the centre of the brownie

comes out with moist

crumbs sticking to it,

20 – 25 minutes. Remove

from oven and set aside

until completely cooled.

Once cool, remove from the

tin and discard the

baking paper.

5 Spoon the Nestlé

Caramel Treat into a small

bowl and, using a hand-held

blender, blitz until smooth.

Spread a thick layer over

the cooled brownie. Top

with the remaining ½ of the

hazelnuts, as well as the

pretzels. Cut into squares

and enjoy!

BEER BROWNIES WITH CARAMEL,

HAZELNUTS AND PRETZELS