Got an overload of chocolate hazelnut butter in your pantry? I did. Turning some of it into a cookie was a delighfully easy way to make a gluten-free cookie suitable for public consumption as well as one way to share the Nutella love. They were also assembed and baked in just about 20 minutes.
Chocolate Hazelnut Butter Cookies
I found them very sweet, so you may want to consider dipping them in the darkest chocolate you have or perhaps simply serving with coffee.
1 c brown sugar
1 c chocolate hazelnut butter (I used Justin’s, but any “natural” version of Nutella or chocolate peanut butter should work)
1 egg
Preheat oven to 375 F. Add brown sugar and chocolate hazelnut butter in a medium bowl. Soften brown sugar and chocolate butter briefly in the microwave if needed. Mix well and beat in the egg. Spoon teaspoons onto parchment paper or something like a silicone mat. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until firm. Allow to cool for 2 minutes, and then remove to a cookie rack. Yield: 15-25
Variation: Smear peanut butter between two cookies to make sandwich cookies.
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This looks really delish Steph! I’m definitely going to try it. You had me at Nutella.
Never seen chocolate hazelnut butter – will have to hunt for it in our supermarkets Down Under….
… i.e. that’s going along with I don’t get Nutella – and am always looking for a “better” alternative. Does that exist? Or should I just submit to Nutella?
Well, the “healthy” varieties are a bit lower in sugar and often lower in added palm oil/hygrogenated veg oil. I know we can easily get dark chocolate almond butter (works well in these cookies) and dark chocolate peanut butter (haven’t tried it) here in the US. The texture if the “natural” ones is a bit different, coarser, so pure brand-namde nutella will lead to a slightly different, flatter cookie that probably won’t hold together as well. There are recipes for making your own, but I’ve never quite had unquestionnable success with DIY nut butters using my kitchen tools. Hope that helps…
Yes it does. Thank you! 🙂