Chocolate Hazelnut Drop Cookies

Chocolate Hazelnut Drop Cookies

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Ingredients:

1 cup butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup, plus 1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1/2 cup chocolate-hazelnut spread at room temperature (recommended: Nutella)

Create it!!

for the cookies: place an oven rack in the center of the oven. preheat the oven to 350 degree F. line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper. set aside.

in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy, 2 - 3 minutes. beat in the vanilla. with the machine running, gradually add the flour until incorporated. beat in the chocolate-hazelnut spread. using a small cookie scoop or a tablespoon, drop 12 balls of dough onto each baking sheet. bake until the bottoms of the cookies flatten out slightly, 10 - 12 minutes. cool for 5 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.

place 1 cup of powdered sugar in a medium bowl. in batches, roll the cookies in the sugar until coated. store in an airtight container at room temperature. makes 38 - 40 cookies.

recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

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