05.04.2008 Hazelnut Spread Cookies

Crispy and buttery and chocolate-y and a little chewy in the center. Woo!

1/2 cup (112 g) nondairy butter
1/4 cup (56 g) packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup (50 g) granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup (74 g) nondairy chocolate hazelnut spread, such as Chocoreale
1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4 cup (28 g) hazelnut meal
1/3 cup (58 g) nondairy semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, or gas mark 4). Line two cookie sheets
with parchment paper or silicone baking mats, such as Silpat.
With an electric mixer, cream butter, sugars, vanilla, and hazelnut spread.
In a medium bowl, sift flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Stir
in hazelnut meal.
Fold dry ingredients into wet. Fold in chocolate chips.
Place about 2 tablespoons of dough on prepared baking sheet. Flatten just a
little since the cookies won’t spread out much while baking.
Bake for 13 minutes. For chewier cookies, bake only 10 minutes. Wait 2 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Yield: 12 cookies

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  • Megan says:

    Re: vanilla sugar
    If you don’t want to make it yourself and don’t have it anywhere near where you live, Penzey’s spices (www.penzeys.com) ships all over the US and makes an excellent vanilla sugar: http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysvanillasugar.html

  • Celine says:

    thanks for the heads-up, Megan!

  • magpie says:

    Just got my honey hooked on nutella – I will have to try these (and see if I can find the vegan kind at my Asian grocery!). I found this cool sesame spread there the other day…

  • Mihl says:

    Even though I haven’t tasted these cookies, I know that they are my favourites! Hazelnuts and chocolate. Yum!

    Vanilla sugar is all we have over here (no extract or at least no extract that is affordable) and I sometimes use exactly the same brand as in the picture.

    One think I noticed when I got introduced to “American” baked goods was how MUCH vanilla people use. We Germans seem to be much more reluctant. People here would use one pack of vanilla sugar in your recipe.
    How about Switzerland?

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