Nutella Cookies

We (as in everyone, as in the world) have long established nutella is the best thing ever. I'm always down to incorporate it into all baking and so, nutella cookies seemed like the optimal choice for eat your feelings day.

Also a side note for those interested, one day I was eating nutella from the jar and procrastinating (casual, not stressed) and pondered who gave this amazing gift to mankind. Turns out, nutella was invented in 1963 by Michele Fererro, the son of the guy who started the Fererro chocolate company that makes Fererro Rocher. So kudos to you Michele, you made my life infinitely more awesome. 

Drooolll

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups flour
2 eggs
1/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup nutella (or more, I'm not your mom)
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 cups chocolate chips
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 cup hazelnuts, chopped (didn't add these because I'm poor, but I feel they would have improved the cookies)
1 cup butter, softened

Brown sugar hearts for Valentine's Day. 

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine both sugars and the butter. With an electric mixer on medium speed, cream until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla, lemon zest and nutella.
4. Add the flour mixture in parts on low speed and combine until just mixed. Stir in the chocolate chips and the nuts.
5. On an ungreased baking sheet, place heaping tablespoons of the batter, about 3 inches apart. The original recipe said to bake for 12 minutes, however I found the cookies a bit hard. I would bake for 10 minutes next time.

Only a small portion of our EYF spread.