Double Nutella Chip Cookies

Lately M - the husband is threatening me.

Every time he requests for something and I say I won't make it or let him buy it, his immediate impulse is to say "I'll write a nasty comment on your blog". So the other day, when he wanted to buy a jar of nutella and I screamed "No more nutella in our life"! Why I would I do that? Because the man I live with is one of the most disciplined and strong willed person I know. Me on the other hand? Never mind. The point is - he can have a spoon of nutella and stop there. Me, I go through the entire jar and the next day the man would be like "What the hell happened to the nutella!" I try to make an innocent face, but I'm really not blessed with a innocent looking face and he shall point towards my thighs and say "It will all go there baby". You see, he is a mean mean man.

My solution? We don't buy nutella. But he bought it anyway. And acted as if  I felt threatened, back in my mind though, were other plans.

I added butter and flour to it and made Double Nutella chip cookies. God save my thighs.

I have come across so many nutella cookies and I love them so, but always find them delicious and not enough nutella flavor. Those people at nutella know their game, you can't mess with nutella. It easily loses its hazelnut flavor if you add chocolate to it. So well, here's my solution, you make nutella cookies and add lots of nutella chips, every bite screams nutella.

The incredible idea for nutella chips comes from Ivory Hut. And I'll forever love her for bringing it in my life.

Double Nutella Chip Cookies
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Makes 24 that is depending on how much licking takes place in the process

Ingredients

For nutella chips adapted from Ivory Hut

200g nutella

57 g butter (about half a stick)

For cookies

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup nutella
1 cup nutella chips, recipe above ( I think it makes more but you know licking and all that)

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

12 tbsp butter (melted and warm)

1/2 tsp salt

Method

For the nutella chips, melt the butter and nutella until glossy.

While still hot, transfer to the piping bag and pipe away. And I don't know why I went all fancy here. I might be feeling good about myself that day. But any other day, I would just spread it on a foil. Freeze it for 2-3 hours and transfer into a zip lock bag and store in the freezer until you need it.

Preheat the oven to 165 C/325 F. Mix the flour, salt and baking soda and keep aside.

In a large bowl whisk butter and sugar until well mixed. Whisk in egg and yolk.

Mix in nutella.

Add the flour in four batches, whisk as you add the flour, till it forms dough.

Lightly fold in the chips. Refrigerate the dough for half an hour.

Using an ice cream scoop or a spoon form the dough into balls and place it on a baking sheet with atleast 2 inch distance between them. I like my cookies really huge and it still made 24.

Bake for 20 minutes or until the edges are just getting ready to firm and center is still soft. Don't panic, they are done. Remove them from the oven and let it cool off on the baking tray. They will continue to bake on the tray. 

Can I for preach something I didn't practice? Eat it in moderation. Take care of your thighs.