Every year around Christmastime, my husband asks me to make peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies. I have always made them, but NEVER eat them because I am one of those odd people who hates peanut butter and jelly.
What I DO like is peanut butter and chocolate. So, the last time I made his favorite cookies I changed things up a bit to make a cookie that I would like and came up with this Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies recipe.
I absolutely LOVE these! So, next time he asks for his favorite cookie, I won't hesitate because I can make half the batch the way I like to eat them!
You can use your favorite type of peanut butter to make your cookies, but if you want to make them extra special you can use our recipe for homemade peanut butter. Not only that, but we also have a homemade Nutella recipe. Combine the two and you have 100% made from scratch cookies!
Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup peanut butter – smooth is best
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup Nutella
How to Make Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Blend together flour, baking soda and powder and salt and set aside. Beat butter and peanut butter with an electric mixer until smooth. Add sugars and beat until fluffy. Blend in egg and vanilla. Add in the flour mixture and stir until combined.
Place additional white sugar in a small bowl. Form balls using 1 Tablespoon of dough for each cookie. Roll the balls in the sugar and then place on a baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Use the handle of a wooden spoon to press a hole into the top of each cookie.
Bake for appx 12 minutes or until puffed up and edges are just beginning to brown. Remove cookies. If the dents have “closed up” too much, re-dent them again. (I used the back of a 1/4 tsp measuring spoon and it was perfect.) Allow to cool completely on wire racks.
Put about 1/2 tsp of Nutella in the dent on each cookie. Enjoy!
Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies Recipe
This delicious thumbprint cookie recipe combines the chocolate hazelnut flavor of nutella along with creamy peanut butter. It's so good!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup peanut butter – smooth is best
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup Nutella
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Blend together flour, baking soda and powder and salt and set aside.
- Beat butter and peanut butter with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Add sugars and beat until fluffy.
- Blend in egg and vanilla.
- Add in the flour mixture and stir until combined.
- Place additional white sugar in a small bowl.
- Form balls using 1 Tablespoon of dough for each cookie.
- Roll the balls in the sugar and then place on a baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Use the handle of a wooden spoon to press a hole into the top of each cookie.
- Bake for appx 12 minutes or until puffed up and edges are just beginning to brown.
- Remove cookies.
- If the dents have “closed up” too much, re-dent them again. (I used the back of a 1/4 tsp measuring spoon and it was perfect.)
- Allow to cool completely on wire racks.
- Put about 1/2 tsp of Nutella in the dent on each cookie.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
1 CookieAmount Per Serving: Calories: 154Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 159mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 1gSugar: 8gProtein: 3g
Nutrition is calculated automatically and may not be accurate.
K-Squared says
The above dessert would be great for a birthday, anniversary, graduation etc. I came from an extreme fixed income family where on getting a gift was lucky. Thus I have began to enjoy listening attentively to family conversations by the elders, they (the ladies of the house) often times spoke about recipes while the men spoke about media and sports. As for us children we each sat at our own table talking about different things but as I grew older I learned to value that of the time with the elders. But this came at a time when I had a family: I now have but a very, very small family and they live far and wide. Should I be blessed with ever meeting Mrs Right or someone (female) special, such would realize I’ve learned to love cooking, cleaning and many more activities. This particular recipe offers an old-school way of making a dessert that I enjoy preparing.
Shannon says
These sound so amazing, thank you for sharing with us.
lisa g. says
Are the cookies tender or do the crumble? Thank You!
Chrysa says
They are basically tender, but with crisp edges.