emotional eating

Friends, it has been a crazy rough couple of weeks.  However, instead of wading through the mess that is known as my life, I think we should talk about brownies.  How could chocolate, Nutella, and cream cheese not solve life's problems?

Don't judge me, but I like to eat Nutella straight out of the jar.  You should try it sometime.  Seriously.


But if that's not your style, you could always just eat an entire pan of brownies.

Nutella Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
(adapted from Flour On My Face)

Cream Cheese Topping
4 oz cream cheese
2 tbs softened butter
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tbs flour
1/4 generous cup Nutella

-  Cream together butter, sugar and flour.
-  Add cream cheese and blend until smooth.
-  Add the egg and beat to a creamy consistency.
-  Mix in Nutella until incorporated completely and set aside.

Brownies
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup Hersey's Special Dark Cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 stick softened butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs

-  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-  Grease  8 x 8 baking pan with cooking spray.
-  Sift flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder into a medium sized bowl.
-  In a small bowl, cream sugar and 1/2 stick of butter.
-  Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
-  Mix in vanilla extract.
-  Fold egg, sugar, butter and vanilla mixture into the dry ingredients mixture.
-  Spread brownie batter into the greased 8 x 8 baking pan.
-  Dollop the prepared cream cheese topping over the brownie batter and swirl with a knife.
-  Bake at 350 for approximately 40 to 50 minutes.