Yields 4 Dozen Cookies
Courtesy of La Fuji Mama
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 pkg 8oz cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups Nutella (probably more)
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until smooth, light, and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and ground cinnamon and mix until well combined. Gradually add the flour to the creamed mixture and mix well. Divide the dough into four portions; cover and refrigerate until the dough is firm and easy to handle.
Preheat the oven to 350. Remove one portion of dough from the refrigerator. On a floured surface, roll out one portion of dough until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Using a circle cookie cutter (or biscuit cutter) that is approximately 3 inches in diameter, cut circles out of the dough and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet. Place approximately 1 1/2 teaspoons of Nutella on each circle, slightly off-center, then fold each circle in half so that the edges meet and lightly press the edges to seal. Repeat this process for each portion of dough.
Bake the cookies for 12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Leave the cookies on the cookie sheet for 2 – 3 minutes before removing them to wire racks to cool.
My new-found love for Nutella led me to the recipe for these cookies. These cookies were a wonderful disaster. The directions listed above are straight from the website. Maybe they will work for you. However, for me, I wanted to rip my hair out. First, I did not have enough sugar and along with no sugar, no desire to go to the store to buy more. The only other sugar I could find was rimming sugar for margaritas that was colored pink and blue. Hence, the green color of the cookies. My sister-in-law swears the greenness makes them even more yummy. Then, after letting them set in the refrigerator, I took them out and tried rolling them out so I could cut them. They stuck like crazy to my rolling pin no matter how much flour I used. I ended up scraping pieces of the dough off the ball and rolling it in my palms and squashing it between them. I then placed the squished circles on the baking sheet and put the dab of Nutella on one side of the dough. When I rolled the Nutella-free half over, I pinched the edges together. They tasted amazing, but they were a lot of frustrating work. Totally worth it. The cinnamon adds the best sultry flavor with the hazelnut and chocolate inside the pocket.
Another great Nutella recipe can be found here:http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/nutella-lava-brownies. They are super easy to make and so gooey straight out of the oven. Again, I ended up using more Nutella than the recipe called for because it is sooooo yummy!!!
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