Tonight is the final class for course one. I am coming with cake, frosting and drawings in tow. I think I am going to sign up for course two which is flower making just to get an edge on building. I will add that last night on top of making frosting and two six inch cakes, I also made a treat for my manager/co-workers. These are nutella cookie bars, found on a blog. I love nutella and could not resist the chance to bake with it. Please take notice that the container is almost empty at 2pm in the afternoon. I’d say they were a hit. I am include the recipe or blog site. Enjoy and I’ll update tomorrow with pictures of the final cake.

what you’ll need: 1/2 cup nutella, 3/4 cup chocolate chips, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup butter (softened), 3/4 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees f.  line an 8-inch square pan with wax paper long enough that it comes up across opposite sides.

2. melt the nutella and chocolate chips on a double boiler. then set aside to cool.

3. in a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.

4. in another bowl, beat butter with electric mixer until creamy. slowly add in sugar until smooth. add eggs one at a time then add vanilla. gradually add dry ingredients until well incorporated.

5. take 2/3 of the dough and press thinly onto bottom of the pan. pour in the chocolate/nutella mixture on top and spread evenly.  (be careful with your dough proportions. i ended up putting too much in the bottom and didn’t have enough to crumble on top.  also, the dough is not very sweet, so the unsweetness is much more apparent when biting into an inch think layer at the bottom…)

6. crumble the rest of the dough and sprinkle on top of the chocolate.  if the dough is a bit wet, add a little more flour to it.

7. bake for 20 minutes until golden brown on top. let cool for 10 minutes.

(makes 16 bars)

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