Nutella Peanut Butter Cookies

Nutella Peanut Butter Cookies - made dough November 11, 2021 from Simply Bakings

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

heaping 1/2 cup Nutella

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until well combined. Beat in peanut butter until combined.
2. Add eggs and vanilla extract, beat until just combined.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Add to butter mixture and beat on low speed until just combined. Do not overmix.
4. Dollop Nutella over cookie dough and scoop into golf-ball-sized balls, leaving swirls of Nutella in each dough ball. Cover and chill for several hours or overnight.
5. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Evenly space dough balls on baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are set and middles no longer look raw.

It’s National Cookie Day. So this is for all the Nutella and peanut butter lovers out there. Make a simple peanut butter cookie dough, swirl or dollop Nutella into it and bake. If you like a more uniform cookie, swirl the Nutella into the completed dough before portioning into dough balls but don't overmix the Nutella to actually become incorporated into the dough. You want distinct Nutella swirls.

If you're a little more nutso about Nutella *raises hand* then you want the dollop approach. After I finished mixing the dough, I dolloped generous spoonfuls of Nutella over the dough and began scooping into dough balls, only dabbing a bit of dough onto a dough ball to partially cover the Nutella if a too-generous amount of Nutella ended up deforming the dough ball. Otherwise I left the dollops as intact as possible.

Once you scoop out the top layer of dough, dollop the Nutella again over the remaining cookie dough and keep scooping. You get the picture. This was a good basic peanut butter cookie, amped up with the Nutella. If you're more of a purist and don't like mixing flavors, instead of dolloping or swirling Nutella, try it with some peanut butter.