Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
"Toasted hazelnuts, chocolate, coffee, and nutella make this cookie special! Good with a cuppa."
photo by BecR2400
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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36 cookies
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup white sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup Crisco shortening (I use butter flavor Crisco)
- 1⁄2 cup nutella, plus
- 1⁄4 cup additional nutella, for drizzling, if desired
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon dry instant coffee granules (such as Taster's Choice)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (6 ounces)
- 1⁄2 cup hazelnuts (ground or finely chopped)
- 36 hazelnuts (whole)
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, cream sugars with the butter, shortening and 1/2 cup nutella.
- Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Add coffee granules, mix well.
- In a medium bowl, blend the flour, baking soda, and salt with a wire whisk.
- Add chocolate chips and ground nuts to the flour mixture. Stir well.
- Add flour mixture to the butter mixture, stir just until blended.
- Drop by tablespoonfuls (I use a cookie scoop) two inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.
- Gently press a whole hazelnut into the center of each cookie.
- Bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes. With a spatula transfer warm cookies to rack to finish cooling.
- Once cooled, drizzle melted 1/4 cup nutella mixed with 2 teaspoons of water over tops of cookies, if desired. Cool completely.
- Note: May be stored in an air tight container, with parchment paper between layers. These cookies freeze well.
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Reviews
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Thank you so much for the recipe! I love this cookie it has everything going for it. :) -
Wow! These were absolutely delicious cookies! I am a total sucker for chocolate and hazelnut and these filled the bill. The coffee added a certain "je ne sais quoi" to the recipe, as it took it to the next level. I do admit to making one change to the recipe. I used all butter, rather than butter and Crisco because I refuse to use shortening in my baking. Thank you BecR for sharing your recipe. -
What a great cookie. I love the addition of coffee.
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