Nutella Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Recipes

NUTELLA® PEANUT BUTTER PRETZEL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix 2 cups and 2 tablespoons flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat brown sugar and butter together in a separate bowl until smooth and creamy; add egg, egg yolk, peanut butter, and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Slowly pour flour mixture into sugar mixture and stir just until dough is combined; fold in pretzels and chocolate-hazelnut spread.
• Drop dough onto a baking sheet using 2 spoons.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes; rotate baking sheet and continue baking until cookies are fully cooked and still soft in the middle, about 7 minutes more. Cool cookies on baking sheet for about 3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

PEANUT BUTTER NUTELLA SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl, cream butter, peanut butter and sugars. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Chill 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using a pastry bag fitted with a large star tube, pipe star shaped cookies onto sheet of aluminum foil cut to fit cookie sheets; placing cookies approximately 1 ½ï¿½ apart. Bake 6 to 8 minutes, cookies should just be set and should not brown.
• When done, slide foil off cookie sheet and leave cookies on foil until cooled. When cool, spread bottom of cookie with approximately 1 teaspoon of nutella and top with a cookie that is close in size to the bottom cookie. Place cookies on a rack. Meanwhile, place chocolate and shortening in a freezer bag. Place in hot water in the top of a double boiler, leaving the top of the plastic bag open. When chocolate has melted, holding the top of the plastic bag, gently squeeze, so check that all chips have melted and to ensure the shortening is mixed inches Cut a tiny hole in one corner of the plastic bag. Place cookies close together on the cookie racks. Squeeze plastic bag gently and make a back and forth motion, creating thin chocolate drizzles on all cookies. Let cookies stand a few hours, until chocolate sets. Store in an airtight container, up to one week. Makes approximately 5 dozen cookies.
• *Melted chocolate chips could also be used to fill cookies, just melt two cups of chocolate chips with one teaspoon of shortening and fill each cookie with approximately one teaspoon.

NUTELLA® CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Mix flour, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and 2 tablespoons hazelnut spread with electric mixer on medium speed 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. On low speed, gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and 1 cup of the hazelnuts.
• Onto ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave 1 cup hazelnut spread uncovered on High 30 seconds; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup hazelnuts.