Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies

October has been a bit of a stressful month.   It's the beginning of the fourth quarter which always means tons of cooking and baking plus I haven't been able to keep up at work.  I feel like I'm barely finishing everything I need to finish at work and home most days.  I just need a week to catch up on everything.

Because it's been a little bit stressful I wanted to make myself a treat.  I figure I'm a baker and if I can't make myself a treat why bother baking.  Usually when I think like this I make myself a batch of chocolate chip cookies or some type of cupcake because I love decorating them.

I didn't want to make chocolate chip cookies this time because I've made them several times in the last month. I didn't want to make anything too complicated though so I still wanted to make some type of cookies.  After looking in the cupboards I pulled out a bag of chocolate chips and a jar of chocolate hazelnut spread.  I thought Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies sounded like just the thing I needed.

While I usually use both granulated and brown sugar I thought that all brown sugar would add a rich flavor to these cookies.   I used Imperial Brown Sugar because it has a warm and nutty flavor that worked well with the chocolate hazelnut spread.  I initially thought of adding in chopped up hazelnuts but I just added some chocolate chips instead.

The batter seemed fairly thin so I refrigerated it for an hour before baking.  This proved to be a great idea.  These cookies spread a bit but had a very uniform shape and size.  They actually looked like the perfect cookie!

The taste was amazing.   These cookies were soft and chewy with a lot of chocolate flavor and a subtle hazelnut taste.  I really enjoyed them.  While the chocolate was certainly there it wasn't overbearing.  These are currently on the top of my Christmas Cookie list because they are so awesome!

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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies

Yield: 3 dozen

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 16 minutes

Total Time: 31 minutes

A soft and chewy cookies with plenty of chocolate and hazelnut flavor.

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Ingredients

• 1 ½ sticks butter (12 tablespoons)
• 1 c. brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• 1 ¾ c. flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ⅓ c. Chocolate Hazelnut spread
• 1 c. chocolate chips

Instructions

1. In a large bowl cream together the butter and brown sugar.
2. Add in the egg and vanilla and mix well.
3. In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.
4. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until a dough forms.
5. Stir in the chocolate hazelnut spread.
6. Fold in the chocolate chips.
7. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
9. Scoop the dough with a 1 inch cookie scoop onto cookie sheets. Bake for 16 minutes.
10. Remove from oven and cool 1 minute before removing to a baking rack to cool completely.

Notes

A Hezzi-D Original recipe