Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup crisco shortening (i use butter flavor crisco)
• 1/2 cup nutella, plus
• 1/4 cup additional nutella, for drizzling, if desired
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon dry instant coffee granules (such as taster's choice)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (6 ounces)
• 1/2 cup hazelnuts (ground or finely chopped)
• 36 hazelnuts (whole)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 in a large bowl, cream sugars with the butter, shortening and 1/2 cup nutella.
• 3 beat in egg and vanilla extract. add coffee granules, mix well.
• 4 in a medium bowl, blend the flour, baking soda, and salt with a wire whisk.
• 5 add chocolate chips and ground nuts to the flour mixture. stir well.
• 6 add flour mixture to the butter mixture, stir just until blended.
• 7 drop by tablespoonfuls (i use a cookie scoop) two inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.
• 8 gently press a whole hazelnut into the center of each cookie.
• 9 bake 10 minutes. remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes. with a spatula transfer warm cookies to rack to finish cooling.
• 10 once cooled, drizzle melted 1/4 cup nutella mixed with 2 teaspoons of water over tops of cookies, if desired. cool completely.
• 11 note: may be stored in an air tight container, with parchment paper between layers. these cookies freeze well.