Nutella Chocolate Chocolate Chip Reduced Sugar Food

HAZELNUT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and both sugars.
• Add eggs, 1/3 cup nutella and vanilla.
• In seperate bowl whisk to combine flour and baking soda and toasted hazlenuts(grind the hazelnuts and toast them in a frying pan on medium low heat stirring constanly about 10 minutes, cool).
• Add flour mixture to creamed butter and sugar.
• Add chocolate chips, careful not to over mix.
• Measure one tablespoon of dough (flaten just a little) on a ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 for 9 minutes.
• Cool on cookie sheet for one minute. Transfer to wire rack to cool.
• Once cooled make drizzle for the top. Combine the remaining 1/3 cup nutella with 2-3 tsp of milk over simmering water (double boiler).
• I used a plastic ziplock bag and poked a hole in one corner with a toothpick, Squeeze a zig zag design on top. Cool completely.
• Can be stored in a air tight container, with wax paper between layers and frozen.

NUTELLA® CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Mix flour, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and 2 tablespoons hazelnut spread with electric mixer on medium speed 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. On low speed, gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and 1 cup of the hazelnuts.
• Onto ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave 1 cup hazelnut spread uncovered on High 30 seconds; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup hazelnuts.

NUTELLA STUFFED DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with muffin cases, and set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until thick and lighter in colour. Add the buttermilk, oil, and vanilla, and whisk until combined.
• Add the dry ingredients in thirds and fold in until just combined - do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips. The mixture will be thick and somewhat lumpy.
• Divide the batter evenly between the 12 muffin cases, filling only half way. Spoon 1 teaspoon of Nutella into the centres, then top with the remaining batter.
• Bake for 15 - 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted just off centre (to avoid Nutella) comes out clean.
• Allow to cool for 5 - 10 minutes in the pan before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.