A very important holiday is here! No, I’m not talking about the important football game this weekend, a president’s birthday, or that sweethearts’ day where you have to buy flowers and candy. I’m talking about World Nutella Day!
You haven’t heard of it? It’s the (not so) official holiday for Nutella lovers around the world to unite and celebrate their love of Nutella! The lovely bloggers over at Ms. Adventures in Italy and Bleeding Espresso have declared that today, February 5th, 2010 is World Nutella Day. It’s exciting!
But, the excitement doesn’t stop there! Not only is today World Nutella Day, but it is also the launch date of my good friend Paula’s new site Bella Nutella! It is sure to be the new hot spot for drool-worthy Nutella photos and recipes. You won’t want to miss it!
So, let’s raise our spoons and get right to the celebrating, shall we?
As a Nutella lover and a food blogger, I try to keep the spirit of World Nutella Day all year long. I always have a jar of Nutella (the giant economy sized jar) in my pantry and a spoon handy. And, I love developing recipes using Nutella… I’m sure you’ve seen a few of them here in the past!
You are also probably familiar with my recent cookie obsession. This year, for World Nutella Day, I thought I’d combine my love of cookies and my love of Nutella into one recipe. I took my standard sugar cookie recipe and adapted it to make Nutella cutout cookies. They are delicious on their own and made into Nutella sandwiches (which I will share with you today!), but they also are perfect for decorating! I’ll be sharing some of the decorated Nutella cookies throughout the next week or so, so stay tuned!
Nutella Cutout Cookies
(Makes about 2 dozen 3 1/2 inch cutout cookies)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup Nutella
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- Approximately 1/4 cup heavy cream
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a baking sheet (or line with parchment/silicon mat) and set aside.
Beat together the butter, Nutella, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until well incorporated.
In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and sea salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, mixing on low speed, until the dough begins to come together. If the dough seems dry and crumbly, add a small amount of heavy cream until the dough comes together.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and roll it out to about 1/4-inch thickness. Use a cookie cutter to cut shapes out of the dough and transfer them to the prepared baking sheet.
Bake the cookies for about 12 minutes. Let them cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets, and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. If desired, frost with royal icing or make Nutella cookie sandwiches (shown below).
Nutella Sandwich Cookies
- Nutella cutout cookies, cut into 2-inch circles
- Jar of Nutella (you won’t use the whole thing… well, probably not)
To make the Nutella sandwich cookies, simply spread Nutella on one of the cookies. Top with another cookie, and you have a Nutella sandwich. Enjoy!
Jen they are absolutely perfect – I love the simplicity! Happy Nutella Day {clinks spoons}
Perfect way to celebrate Nutella Day!!! I love sandwich cookies:-)
Yum. We love nutella just on a ritz cracker sandwich! Happy Nutella Day!
I’m definitely more excited about World Nutella Day than I am about the game on Sunday :-D A whole day devoted to one of my favorite foods! Doesn’t get better than that.
These cookies look great Jen, I wish I had known it was world Nutella day. I have a jar in my pantry and was just thinking I should break it out and play with it. Cookies are a great idea. Thanks! I was thinking about swirling it into homemade vanilla gelato.
Omg…I want one of these sandwich cookies now! They look delicious! :)
Happy Nutella Day Jen! Your cookies are stunning, I saw them over on Foodgawker and couldn’t wait to get over here and read your post :)
Complete genius!
Those are to die for!
when I`m looking at this I`m really hungry :) with such delicious combo it must be awesome! I`m so glad I found your blog and I`m going to stop by your blog more often :)
These are outstanding cookies! They’re so perfectly round; I can never accomplish that. Hope your World Nutella Day kicked some hazelnut butt :-)
These look incredible! Belated Happy World Nutella Day! : )
Oh my goodness this sounds divine! I love nutella and am going to make these as soon as I get home. YUMMMMMY!
Delicious! There ought to be a World Nutella Month!
Beautiful! And so simple to use Nutella to sandwich the biscuits. I’m now wondering how Nutella might work as a cake filling?
Holly – I think Nutella would be delicious as a cake filling. However, it can be a bit slippery, so you will want to pipe a sturdy border of buttercream/frosting around the bottom layer of cake prior to filling it so you don’t have Nutella spilling out all over the place!
I agree. I always dam my fillings with a ring or two of buttercream. I never want to see the filling leak into the crumb coat.
Gorgeous cookies, Jen.
I could never have a giant jar of Nutella in my pantry. Well, I could, but it would be empty.
How absolutely divine Jen! I like how thick your cookies are. I bet they just about melt in your mouth!
Those look so good. I love the cookies.
As gorgeous as these are pretty. YUM!!
I have a brother who loves cookies more than just about anything else. He also loves my Nutella poundcake and always requests it for any dessert I make. He would go absolutely nuts over these cookies. Totally bookmarked.
These cookies look incredible. I would eat a little too many. Lovely photos Jen;)
They look amazing!!! How many days you can do it in advance? How do you store them??? Thanks
Carmen – I think the cookies will keep best if you don’t sandwich them with Nutella. I’d say you can probably bake the cookies up to a week in advance and store them in an airtight container, and I’d add the Nutella the night before or right before serving.
THESE WERE HORRIBLE.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY.
I was so excited, I love Nutella and these were terrible……..
I threw away all of the cookies from this recipe ):
try these….. I made both and am way happier with these. http://www.lifesambrosia.com/2009/07/chocolate-chocolate-chip-and-nutella-cream-sandwich-cookies-recipe.html