INGREDIENTS
1 cup roasted pecan
12 ounces milk chocolate chips
5 tablespoons mild vegetable oil, such as canola or pecan oil
3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon salt, more or less depending upon your preference
INSTRUCTIONS
Heat oven to 350 F.
- Roast pecans (you can use halves or pieces. They get pulverized anyway) for 5-7 minutes. Need to be browned but not burnt.
- Then in a glass bowl, pour package of milk chocolate chips and put in the microwave for 45 seconds. Take out and stir. Place in microwave for another 45 seconds. Keep doing until the chocolate is completely melted.
- In a food processor, grind the pecans until they form a paste (around two to three minutes).
- Add the oil, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, and salt and continue processing until the mixture is as smooth as possible-or as smooth as you like.
- Add the melted chocolate and blend well. The resulting homemade Pecan NOtella will be a little thin but it will thicken as it cools.
- Scrape your homemade nutella into a jar or other resealable container and let it cool to room temperature or eat right away. The nutella will keep on the counter for up to 2 weeks, if you don't eat it first. Enjoy!!!