Nutella.
The simple concoction of chocolate and hazelnuts in the harmless looking jar.
Dare to dip your spoon in only to find there’s no turning back. The trap is sprung. You find yourself with a delicious addiction that feels almost sinful and definitely a little evil.
Remember my chocolate cookies from a few weeks back? The ones bigger than the palm of my hand? These are those. Reinvented. I couldn’t help it. It’s my job. And those cookies are hard to forget! They won my heart even though I’ve never been much of a cookie lover.
This time around I added chopped hazelnuts to the batter for a nice, crunchy bite and frosted them with Nutella. The nectar of the gods.
Soft and chewy, a little crunchy and a whole lot of sticky, these will shoot an arrow right straight to your heart. A chocolate cupid arrow. Laced with nutella. Completely painless. Promise.
Giant chocolate cookies laced with hazelnuts and frosted with nutella.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a large bowl whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt together. Mix in nuts.
- Mix butter and sugar with an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy about 4 minutes. On medium speed mix in shortening, then eggs and vanilla; beat until creamy. On low speed add flour mixture a little bit at a time and mix until just combined.
- Line baking sheet(s) with parchment paper. Fill a 2 and 1/4 inch cookie scoop with cookie dough and level off the top with the flat side of a butter knife. Drop the dough onto the baking sheets 3 inches apart, flatten tops with a spatula and bake about 12 minutes until edges and tops are firm.
- Cool on sheets 5 minutes then remove to wire racks and cool completely. Frost with Nutella and sprinkle with hazelnuts or jimmies.
Notes
Adapted from Martha Stewart
I was just thinking about chocolate, nutella, and hazelnuts the other day too. What a coincidence and what a delicious looking cookie!
Lisa @ Sweet as Sugar Cookies recently posted..Biscoff Cinnamon Swirl Bread
They look so good and I’d love to have one now. Great photos too. Martha has some great recipes and so do you!
Holy moly do these look decadent! What a delicious looking cookie, and I love the colorful sprinkles! Great recipe, Reeni.
oh my god these look AMAZING, i am so making these soon!
Jenn and Seth (@HomeSkilletCook) recently posted..Rustic Pasta with Chunky Vegetables
Gorgeous. I still cannot believe I’ve never made anything with Nutella. I’ve never even owned a jar at home. Clearly I need to change that sometime soon.