NUTELLA STUFFED COOKIES

• Scoop out 10 tablespoon of Nutella on a plate with parchment paper. Place the plate it the freezer while making the cookie dough.
  10 tablespoon Nutella
• Melt the butter in the microwave or in a saucepan over low-medium heat. You don’t want it to bubble, so as to not lose any of the liquid in the butter. Pour the melted butter into a big mixing bowl and let it cool down to room temperature in the fridge. Takes about 20 minutes.
  150 g butter
• Once the butter has reached room temperature add the granulated sugar and brown sugar and with a whisk, whisk it together for 1 minute. Alternatively, mix it together in a stand mixer using the paddle attachment.
  200 g granulated sugar, 50 g dark brown sugar
• Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract and mix it in until combined.
  1 large egg, 1 egg yolk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• In a separate bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the dry ingredients and with spatula mix it together until just combined.
  260 g all-purpose flour, 6 tablespoon cocoa powder, ¾ teaspoon baking powder, ¾ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt
• Place the cookie dough in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 175ºC / 350ºF and prepare a baking sheet with baking paper.
• Using a large cookie 2 ounce cookie scoop / ¼ cup (75 g), scoop the dough. Flatten out the cookie dough and place the frozen Nutella in the center of the cookie dough. You have to work a bit fast so the Nutella doesn't thaw before adding them to each cookie dough ball.
• Mold the dough around the Nutella. Make sure it’s fully covered with no cracks. Then roll them between your hands into a ball and then in the extra granulated sugar.
  50 g granulated sugar
• Place 3-4 cookie dough balls per baking tray and bake one tray at a time for 11-12 minutes. Keep the remaining cookie dough balls in the fridge while the others bake.
• Once baked, let them cool down on the baking tray for 3 minutes as they still will be soft when they are done. After they have cooled down a bit, use a spatula to lift them onto a cooling rack and let them cool down completely.