Nutella Whoopie Pies

• 1 egg
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup almond meal
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon bitter almond extract
• 12 teaspoons Nutella

1. Preheat oven to 356F.
2. In a bowl, mix egg and sugar until the mixture becomes pale.
3. Melt butter in a double boiler, then set aside to cool.
4. Separately, mix flour, baking powder, and almond meal together.
5. Pour melted butter into egg and sugar mixture, stir to combine.
6. Gradually add flour mixture. Add bitter almond extract.
7. Knead by hand until you form a big ball of dough.
8. Also by hand, shape 3 centimeter diameter cookies, 1 centimeter thick.
9. Arrange on a silicon mat or parchment paper lined baking tray.
10. Bake for about 10 minutes.
11. Remove from oven, cool.
12. Spread a layer of Nutella between two cooled cookies, like a sandwich.
13. Repeat with the remaining cookies and Nutella.

egg, sugar, flour, baking powder, almond meal, butter, bitter almond, nutella

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Nutella-Whoopie-Pies-2043122 (may not work)