Nutella Stuffed Cookies

Step 1

Mix flour, baking soda and salt. In separate bowl, barely melt butter, mix to finish melting. Mix in vanilla, honey and sugar, then egg. Mix in flour, fridge 1.5 hrs. Freeze Nutella discs 1 hr. Enclose Nutella with dough, press in choc chips, bake 12 -13 min at 180°C/350°F (160°C fan). Cool 10 min on tray, then at least 5 min on rack. Attack!

Step 2

Mix dry - Mix the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl, set aside.

Step 3

Barely melt butter - Using a heatproof bowl, microwave the butter for 30 seconds on high until mostly but not fully melted, then stir with a rubber spatula to finish melting it so it's "milky" rather than clear yellow oil (Note 5).

Step 4

Wet mixture - Add the sugar, vanilla and honey, stir until combined. Add the egg and stir until combined, it should look like caramel.

Step 5

Chill dough 1 1/2 hours - Add the flour mixture and stir until combined. The mixture should be slightly warm and too soft to roll into balls. Cover and refrigerate for 1 1/2 hours to cool and firm up enough to roll into a log.

Step 6

Line a small tray with baking paper / parchment paper. Dollop Nutella on tray and spread to ~8mm/ 1/3"thick rounds. Freeze for 1 hour until firm enough to pick up.

Step 7

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan-forced). Lightly grease 2 trays then line with paper.

Step 8

Cut dough - Scrape dough out and shape/roll into a ~18cm / 7" log. Cut into 10 equal pieces.

Step 9

Stuff - Flatten cookie dough, press in frozen Nutella, bundle dough up around it to enclose and seal. Flip upside down so the smooth side is facing up. Shape into ~1.5cm/ 3/5" thick rounds, press choc chips into the surface and sides. Repeat to make 10 cookies, 5 on each tray, 8cm/3" apart to allow for spreading (Note 6 working tips).

Step 10

Bake both trays at the same time for 12 - 13 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are golden, the centre is pale golden and just set (ie not raw melty dough).

Step 11

Cool & swoon - Remove from the oven and leave on the tray for 10 minutes (finish cooking / set). Transfer to a rack, cool for at least another 5 minutes. Grab, bite, swoon. That moment when the melty Nutella floods into your mouth.....