Nutella Snickerdoodle Sandwich Cookies

Nutella Snickerdoodle Sandwich Cookies  - made dough September 9, 2018, modified from Real House Moms

I’m way, way behind on updating my blog. But I couldn’t go on much longer without posting this one. Probably one of the best cookies I’ve made in the last few months. It’s a snickerdoodle. It’s Nutella. It’s a sandwich cookie. It’s a Nutella Snickerdoodle sandwich cookie. All the OMG goodness that name implies and then some.

As if all that wasn’t enough, they’re really easy to make too. The dough is just your standard mix-in-your-mixing-bowl cookie dough, you scoop out small dough balls (since it’ll be a sandwich cookie, you don’t want to go too big or you’ll eat yourself sick), chill them, roll them in cinnamon sugar, bake them, then sandwich them with Nutella once they’re cool.

Of course you never, never overbake them and you can be as generous with the Nutella filling as you want. I like to make them small so they look more dainty. And so I can kid myself that having two or five isn’t that bad.

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup Nutella
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

3 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Nutella for filling

1. In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, Nutella, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in eggs and vanilla then add dry ingredients. Mix until just combined. Portion dough into small balls of uniform size then flatten slightly into thick small discs. Cover and chill or freeze for several hours or overnight.
3. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
4. In a small bowl, mix together the remaining 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Roll chilled or frozen dough discs in mixture, coating completely. Evenly space on prepared baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes, until edges are set and middles are no longer raw. Do not overbake.
5. Cool cookies completely on wire racks then sandwich with Nutella.