Thick and Chewy Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons unsifted bleached all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 stick butter, melted and cooled until warm
• 3/4 c. brown sugar
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 1/2 c. Nutella
• 1 large egg
• 1 additional egg yolk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1-2 c. semi or bittersweet chocolate chips
• 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

Details

Adapted from youtube.com

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Line a 20 x 14 baking sheet without sides with parchment paper.

Mix flour, salt and baking soda together in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.

With electric mixer, mix butter and sugars until thoroughly blended. Mix in Nutella, egg, yolk and vanilla extract. Add dry ingredients; mix until just combined. Stir in chips.

Form 1/4 cup dough into ball. Holding ball using fingertips of both hands, pull into two equal halves. Rotate halves 90 degrees and with jagged surfaces exposed, join halves together at third base, again forming a single cookie, being careful not to smooth dough's uneven surface. Place formed dough onto sheet, about nine balls per sheet. (Smaller cookie sheets can be used but fewer cookies can be baked at one time and the time may need to be adjusted).

Bake until cookies are light golden brown and outer edges start to harden, yet centers are still soft and puffy, 15 to 18 minutes. Start checking at 13 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets. Store in airtight containers.