Caramel Macadamia Nut Brownies Recipes

MACADAMIA NUT BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter and chocolate; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. , In a small bowl, beat the egg, sugar and coffee granules. Stir in vanilla and chocolate mixture. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to chocolate mixture., Spread into a 9x5-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool on a wire rack.

CARAMEL MACADAMIA NUT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Line a 9-in. square baking pan with foil; grease the foil with 1 teaspoon butter and set aside. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and remaining butter; stir until smooth. Cool for 10 minutes. In a large bowl, beat eggs and brown sugar until blended; beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to chocolate mixture., Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 325° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs (do not overbake). Cool on a wire rack., In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar and water. Cook and stir over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Cook over medium-high heat without stirring until syrup is golden, about 5 minutes; remove from the heat., In a small saucepan, heat cream over low heat until small bubbles form around edge of pan. Gradually stir cream into syrup (mixture will boil up). Cook and stir over low heat until blended. Stir in butter until melted. Remove from the heat; cool slightly., Pour over brownies to within 1/4 in. of edges. Sprinkle with chips and nuts. Bake at 325° for 5 minutes (do not let chips melt completely). Cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate for 4 hours. Lift out of the pan; remove foil. Cut into bars.

GINGER-MACADAMIA BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish. Mix butter, chocolate and coffee powder in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until smooth. Cool, stirring occasionally.
• Whisk eggs in large bowl to blend. Whisk in sugar, vanilla and salt. Fold in chocolate mixture. Mix in flour, then nuts and ginger. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs still attached, about 40 minutes. Cool in pan on rack. Cover and let stand at room temperature overnight. Cut into 16 squares.

CARAMEL MACADAMIA NUT CRUNCH

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease a baking sheet, preferably rimmed.
• 2. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and 1/2 cup of water. Heat over medium heat until mixture begins to simmer, about 3 minutes. Cover the pan and continue to simmer, allowing steam from cooking mixture to wash down the sides of the pan. Remove cover and continue to simmer until the mixture turns golden, 7 to 8 minutes. Immediately remove from the stove, and, to avoid mixture bubbling over, carefully pour cream in a slow, steady stream into the pan; do not stir. Return the pot to the stove, reduce heat to low, and, using a wooden spoon, gently stir mixture until cream is completely incorporated.
• 3. Transfer the caramel to a medium heat-proof bowl, add the nuts, and stir to coat the nuts evenly. Transfer the mixture to a baking sheet, spreading it evenly, and bake until dark brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool the brittle to room temperature and chop mixture coarsely using a food processor, a cleaver or by hand.
• 4. Cut the log into twenty 1/2-inch rounds, press one cut side of each round into the brittle, and arrange the rounds 2 inches apart on all sides on a parchment-lined or nonstick cookie sheet or sheets.
• 5. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the cookies with a spatula and cool on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA NUT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to moderate.
• Grease a deep 19cm-square cake pan, and cover the base with baking paper.
• Combine the butter and chocolate in a pan and stir over a low heat until both have melted.
• Remove the pan from the heat.
• Add the sugar and honey.
• Stir in the lightly beaten eggs.
• Sift the flour.
• Add the sifted flour and the nuts and gently fold into the mixture until all the ingredients are well combined.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
• Bake in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes - or until the brownies are firm.
• Cool the brownies in the pan, and cut into squares when cold.

ULTIMATE CARAMEL NUT BROWNIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Grease foil-lined 13 x 9 baking pan. Microwave chocolate squares and butter in microwavable bowl on high for 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
• Stir sugar into chocolate until well blended. Mix in eggs. Stir in flour.
• Spread 1/2 of the batter in baking pan.
• Bake 25 minutes or until batter is firm to the touch.
• Meanwhile, microwave caramels and cream in a microwavable bowl on high for 3 minutes or until caramels begin to melt.
• Whisk until smooth.
• Stir in 1 cup of pecans (you can use walnuts if you like). Gently spread caramel mix over brownie batter in pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips, if desired.
• Pour remaining unbaked brownie batter evenly over caramel mix, sprinkle with remaining nuts. (some of the caramel mix may peak through).
• Bake an additional 30 minutes. Cool in pan.
• Run knife around edge of pan to loosen brownies from the sides. Lift from pan using foil as handles.
• Cut into 24 fudgy brownies.

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
• In a double boiler or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt white chocolate and butter, stirring, until smooth and remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat. Cool chocolate mixture to room temperature.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla until thickened and pale and beat in white chocolate mixture. Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and beat into chocolate mixture just until batter is combined well. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips and spread batter evenly in pan.
• Bake brownies in middle of oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack before cutting into 16 squares. Brownies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container at cool room temperature, 5 days.

MACADAMIA NUT CARAMEL SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4.
• Coarsely chop the macadamia nuts. To make the base, beat together the flour, sugar, and butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Press the mixture into the bottom of a 30x20 cm/12x8" rectangular baking tin. Sprinkle the macadamia nuts over top.
• To make the topping, put the butter and sugar in a saucepan, and stirring constantly, slowly bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly, then carefully pour the mixture over the macadamia nuts.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, until the caramel topping is bubbling. Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over top. Leave for 2-3 minutes, until the chocolate begins to melt, then using a fork or knife, swirl the chocolate over the top. Leave to cool in the tin, then cut into squares.