I made and shot these cookies way back in October when I bought a few cookie stamps but never got to post the recipe. What can be a better time to share cookies than the official cookie season of the year? The recipe is pretty simple and as you can see the beauty is in the stamp design. However these can be made plain without the designs and simply rolling out and cutting them in different shapes using cookie cutters. Cookie stamps can be found on Ebay, Amazon and almost all cake decorations stores.
We can never go wrong with Nutella, can we?
Nutella Sandwich cookies
Makes 12 sandwich cookies
225 g unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/3 cups plain flour
1/2 cup good quality cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup Nutella
Beat the butter and brown sugar with electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture. Mix until fully blended. Turn out dough on surface and knead until smooth. Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
Preheat oven to 170 degrees C. Line two large baking sheets with baking paper. Allow dough to sit at room temperature to soften slightly.
Dust a surface with a little flour. Roll out the dough with a regular rolling pin to just thicker than 1cm – around ½”. Press dough with cookie stamp. Cut out cookie flower shapes with a flower cookie cutter.
Place on prepared trays. Refrigerate for 15-20 mins. Bake 12-14 minutes or until cookies are crisp. Cool on a wire rack. Once cool, spread or pipe Nutella onto a cookie. Sandwich with another cookie.
