Double Chocolate Nutella Cookies
The hazelnut spread helps keep the cookies soft and fudgy, but most of the hazelnut flavor comes from the hazelnuts. You could also bump up the flavor by using chunks of hazelnut flavored chocolate rather than bittersweet chips.
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour (250 grams)
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature (114 grams)
- ½ cup chocolate hazelnut spread Nutella
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (180 grams)
- ½ cup brown sugar, tightly packed (110 grams)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips.
- ⅔ cup chopped toasted hazelnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Cream the butter with the Nutella and both sugars. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture and stir until it is incorporated, then stir the chocolate chips and hazelnuts. Drop by tablespoons onto cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool.