Nutellos--Big Crispy Nutella Sandwich Cookies
Author: Nancy Baggett
Nutella lovers & other chocolate and hazelnut fans will go crazy for these yummy yet easy to make cookies. They are great for any party--put out a platter of cookies & bowl of Nutella and let peeps make their own fab sandwich cookies.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread, at room temperature, plus more for making cookie sandwiches
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, slightly softened and cut into chunks
  • 2½ tablespoons unsweetened non-alkalized American-style or Dutch-process cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1⅓ cups unbleached all-purpose white flour
  • About ⅓ cup granulated sugar for garnish
Instructions
  1. Position a rack in the middle of the oven; preheat to 325 degrees F. Set out two large baking sheets.
  2. In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat the Nutella, butter, cocoa powder, baking powder, and 3 tablespoons water until well blended. On low speed, beat in about half the flour. Beat or stir in the remaining flour just until smoothly incorporated. If the dough is too dry and crumbly to hold together, beat or stir in a little more water.
  3. Pull off scant 1-inch dough portions and shape into balls. Roll them in a saucer of granulated sugar until coated all over. Space the cookies about 2 inches apart on the sheets. Press down into 2-inch evenly-thick rounds with a palm. Bake (middle rack) one pan at a time for 12 to 16 minutes, or until the cookies are barely firm when pressed in the center top.
  4. Transfer the pan to a wire rack. Let the cookies stand until cooled completely.
  5. Set out a bowl of room-temperature Nutella for filling the cookie sandwiches.
Recipe by KitchenLane at https://kitchenlane.com/2016/02/nutellos-crispy-nutella-sandwich-cookies.html