Pops De Milk

To me, dipping a tablespoon into a jar of Nutella and licking the gooey, chocolately, hazelnutty spread is absolute heaven. Don’t judge. I know there are others like me. Tons.

It’s with this love of Nutella that I eagerly baked a batch of chocolate hazelnut cookies, filled with none other than Nutella. God I love that stuff.

This is another recipe from 1 Dough, 100 Cookies by Linda Doeser.

Makes about 30 cookies

1 cup butter, room temperature

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg yolk

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup ground hazelnuts

1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

4 tbsp chocolate hazelnut spread (Nutella)

salt

Preheat oven to 375F. Mix butter and sugar until creamy and smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Sift into the mixture the flour, cocoa powder and a pinch of salt. Add the hazelnuts and chocolate chips. At this point you will probably have to knead the dough with your hands. Don’t worry if it looks too dry and hard, it’ll turn into cookie dough texture once it’s kneaded. Use a tablespoon to scoop the dough and roll into balls with your hands. Use the handle of a wooden spoon to make a hollow in the centre of each cookie. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Let the cookies cool completely before filling them with Nutella. I snipped off a corner from a plastic sandwich bag to “pipe” the Nutella into the cookies.