Hazelnut Chewies

Name: Hazelnut Chewies
Yield: Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 3 cups (15 ounces), all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/4 cups, Nutella spread; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/3 cups (9⅓ ounces), granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon, instant espresso powder; 2 large, eggs; 1/3 cup, milk; 1 1/2 cups, hazelnuts, toasted and chopped fine; 1 cup (4 ounces), confectioners' sugar

6 comments

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

Contest Recipes

These holiday cookies taste as great as they look. A dusting of confectioners' sugar is the finishing touch on these chocolate-hazelnut cookies.

SERVESMakes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1 hour chilling and 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Instant espresso powder in this recipe for Hazelnut Chewies deepened the chocolate flavor without calling attention to itself. We used the creaming method to mix the dough—beating the fats and sugar together until light and fluffy before ad...

This is a members' feature.