Baked, read Julia Child's book, napped, relaxed, thought about running some errands, baked, chatted, took a walk, laid around, ate, ate, ate. Oh yeah, and a friend came over and we baked some more!
Man, my life is rough.
It was warm here (an outrageous 48 degrees and sunny!) so I completely got spring fever and could do nothing at all. My internal body clock thought it was summer; I didn't want to be rude and tell it any differently.
I like my weekends. I need more weekends in my life.
Anyway, this is one of the many things I made the last few days...
Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies
Tip- These cookies can turn out really flat which means not delicious and chewy.
To prevent this catastrophe:
- Buy and use baking liners. They'll prevent your cookie from spreading out on the pan.
- When it says to whip the butter and sugar, whip it good! The fluffier it is, the less pancake-like your cookies will be.
- Refrigerate it for the required hour. It will be worth it. Eat some of the dough while you wait.
- Do not, I repeat, DO NOT completely melt your butter. I did the first time I made the cookies because I was lazy, forgot to take the butter out in advanced, and didn't think it would matter. Don't be like me.
Ingredients:
Directions
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 heaping tsp baking powder (use just under 1/2 tsp. It will help them be fluffier)
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1 stick butter (at room temp.)
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 2/3 cup Nutella
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
- Mix together flour, cocoa, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside dry ingredients.
- Cream together butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in Nutella and vanilla extract. Mix in egg.
- Add flour mixture, mix. Add chocolate chips.
- Chill for at least 1 hour.
- Drop ping-pong ball sized dough balls 2 inches apart onto parchment lined baking sheets. Bake at 350 for about 11 minutes. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes then remove to cooling racks.
okay these sound incredible. once i have a kitchen bigger than a 2x4, im going to be all up on this goodness! you da bomb
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteBeaucoup nutella!
ReplyDeleteGotta make these for Lauren sometime.