Happy Baking- Chocolate Nutella Cookies

These are my new favourite cookies, but be-warned these cookies are a chocolate overload but SO good!

They've got a slightly crisp outside, with a soft pillowy inside, and the centre is lovely and gooey from the Nutella.

Cookies = Good
Nutella = Good
Nutella Cookie = AMAZING!

I've been looking at a lot of different cookie recipes online recently, and I saw quite a few of them included cornflour, so I decided to include it in this recipe, and it really does help give a lovely texture to the cookies!

Makes approximately 9 Large Cookies

Ingredients-
100g Unsalted Butter- Softened
100g Caster Sugar
65g Soft Brown Sugar
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
100g Plain Flour
40g Cocoa Powder
2 Teaspoons Cornflour
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
Nutella


Method-
1) Line a baking tray with baking parchment and put to one side.
2) But the butter and sugar in a bowl and cream together until light and fluffy.
3) Add the egg and vanilla extract to the creamed mixture and thoroughly mix together.
4) Add the flour, cocoa powder, cornflour, baking powder and salt to the bowl and mix together carefully- The mixture will become quite stiff so be careful when you mix it so it doesn't go everywhere!
5) Put the mixture in the fridge to chill for about 30 minutes.
6) Line another tray with foil and place 9 or 10 teaspoons of Nutella onto it and then transfer to the freezer for about 30 minutes to harden.
7) While the cookie dough and Nutella are chilling preheat your oven to 180C.
8) Remove the cookie dough from the fridge and the Nutella from the freezer and working quite quickly take a heaped tablespoon of the cookie dough, flatten either on the tray or in your hand, place the hardened teaspoon of Nutella into the centre and press the cookie dough around the Nutella so that it is completely covered- If you're doing this in your hands roll the dough around in your palms afterwards so it's a nice round ball. Then place this on the baking tray, spacing them out well as they will spread during baking.- Repeat this until you have used all of your cookie dough and Nutella balls.
9) Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until the edges just start to turn a darker brown.
10) Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the tray for about 30 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool fully.
11) Enjoy with a cup of tea or a cool glass of milk...Perfect!

Nutella ready for chilling in the freezer

Cookie dough ready to shape around the Nutella

All ready for the oven!

Mmmm