Nutella Lava Cookies
- 2 ounces chopped hazelnuts, plus about 1 tablespoon unsalted butter**
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided use
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (Guittard)
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon a little less than 2 ml salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup lightly spooned and leveled flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 8 teaspoons nutella
- Melt butter in a large skillet set over medium heat. Add chopped hazelnuts and saute, stirring often, for 4-5 minutes or until aromatic. Remove nuts from skillet and lay on a piece of foil to cool and crisp.
- Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a small saucepan set over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and stir in chocolate chips. Stir until melted; remove from heat and let cool slightly.
- Beat the egg, sugar, salt and vanilla in a medium bowl for about 2 minutes using high speed of an electric hand-held mixer. Beat in the melted chocolate mixture.
- Thoroughly stir together the flour and baking powder, then stir flour mixture into chocolate mixture and nuts. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill for an hour or more.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Working one at a time, scoop up generous heaping tablespoons of dough and shape into a mounds a little larger than a golf ball. Press a hole into the mound and stuff it with a teaspoon of chilled Nutella. Seal the whole with some more dough.
- Place dough balls about 3 inches apart on lined baking sheet. Bake cookies one sheet at a time for exactly 12 minutes. Cool 3 to 5 minutes.
hazelnuts, unsalted butter, semisweet chocolate chips, egg, granulated sugar, salt, vanilla, flour, baking powder, nutella
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/nutella-lava-cookies-424259 (may not work)