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Salted Nutella Cookies + Cuina Baking Mat Giveaway

March 13, 2014 By Becky 32 Comments

Disclosure: I received this product as part of an advertorial.
Ever since a friend of mine brought over some amazing nutella brownies a couple weeks ago, I’ve been dying to make a dessert of my own with the addictive chocolate hazelnut spread.  With a little research, I discovered that you don’t have to add many things to nutella to make a delicious brownie batter or cookie dough.  You can even make gluten-free nutella brownies with just three ingredients.  However, I decided to make cookies–I was craving something that was both chewy and crunchy, and wanted another chance to use my Cuina silicone baking mat.
I was almost all set to make these cookies–I just needed a jar of nutella.  So, in case you were wondering, here is how to spend most of your day on a desperate search for chocolate hazelnut spread:
1. Wake up and tell your boyfriend he can take the car to work, since it’s your spring break and all you really have to do all day is make cookies.
2. After he leaves, immediately regret your decision when you remember you need to go out and buy nutella for the cookies.
3. Eat some leftover bacon & sweet potato chili with a fried egg on top for breakfast, while wondering if there’s any way to get nutella delivered to your home.  You decide there probably isn’t.

4. Call your mom to see if she wants to come over for lunch, and perchance bring a jar of nutella.  She’s busy. 
5. Walk to the Vietnamese grocery store around the corner, and scour every aisle looking for nutella.  Wonder how a place that carries Milo, Ovaltine, and Cafe du Monde chicory coffee can neglect to carry this international superstar of a spread.  Ask the checkout lady if they sell nutella, and receive a blank stare.  Pick up a few other ingredients for another dish you’re working on.  
6. Go back home to put away the other groceries, and call Rite Aid to see if THEY sell nutella.  They do.
7. On the way there, decide to check another small grocery store for nutella, since you don’t feel like walking all the way to Rite Aid.  When rounding the corner at the end of one of the aisles, you come upon a little girl who looks up at you and says, “Wow, you are TALL!”  There’s no nutella.  Not even for tall people.
8.  Walk half a mile to Rite Aid and buy nutella, then walk home.  By this time it’s raining.
9.  Make cookies, finally.  They are amazing.  Eat one from each cookie sheet, just for quality control.
10.  Take a million pictures.
In the end, my search was definitely worth it.  These cookies are so good–crispy on the outside, chewy in the middle, and nice and fudgy.  The sea salt on top makes them even better.   I can’t stop with the salty desserts!  Next time I think I’ll try making my own paleo nutella, and see how that works in these cookies.
I loved using my Cuina baking mat for this recipe.  If you don’t have one yet, I highly recommend getting one (or two).  I thought I was onto something great when I discovered parchment paper, but these mats are even better since you can wash & reuse them.  They’re completely nonstick without any oil or spray, and they keep your sheet pans nice and clean.  In addition to using my mat for these cookies, I also used it to roast cauliflower for this roasted cauliflower with creamy cilantro pesto.  After baking with the mat, I just wash it off with a little soap and warm water and hang it up to dry.
The folks at Cuina Kitchen are giving away one of these awesome silicone mats!  See the Rafflecopter widget below the recipe to enter.






Salted Nutella Cookies
Yield: 12-14 cookies
Prep time: 5 minutes, plus 30 minutes to freeze the dough
Bake time: 12 minutes

Ingredients (adapted from Ambitious Kitchen):

1 cup nutella

1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons tapioca flour

Pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 cup dark chocolate chunks or chips, optional (I used about half of a Lindt 70% bar, chopped)
Flaky sea salt for sprinkling (I used Maldon)

Preheat the oven to 350, and line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats
or parchment paper.

Mix together all the ingredients except for the chocolate chunks and flaky sea salt until well incorporated.  Roll the dough into tablespoon-sized balls and place them on a plate.  If you are using chocolate chunks, press a few of them into the top of each ball.  Put the plate of dough balls in the freezer for 30 minutes.

Place the dough balls several inches apart on the baking sheets (I placed six cookies on each sheet) and bake for about 12 minutes, until just set in the middle.  After removing the cookies from the oven, sprinkle each one with a bit of sea salt.  Let the cookies cool completely on the pan, then enjoy!

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Disclosure: I received a free Cuina baking mat using Tomoson.com.  As always, all opinions are my own, and I only recommend products I use and enjoy. 


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Comments

  1. Nora says

    March 27, 2014 at 1:43 am

    Holy moly. All I can say is PINNED. I don't have tapioca flour on hand, though; do you think sweet rice flour would do the trick?

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 27, 2014 at 2:23 am

      Probably! I have not tried baking with sweet rice flour, but since this recipe only calls for a few tablespoons, I bet it would work with almost any starchy flour. I was inspired by a brownie recipe that called for just nutella, egg, and baking soda, and then just added enough cocoa and tapioca flour to make the dough hold together for cookies. Let me know how it goes if you try it!

      Reply
  2. Annette says

    March 18, 2014 at 8:27 pm

    I'd bake oatmeal cookies with this mat.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 21, 2014 at 11:44 am

      Yum! πŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. β™‘β™₯♬ Carolsue β™‘β™₯♬ says

    March 18, 2014 at 12:02 am

    I would bake sweet potato french fries on them! I have an old beat-up silicone mat which I use for that and it keeps the fries from sticking to the pan! I really neeed a new one!
    Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 18, 2014 at 2:55 pm

      Ooh, great idea! You're one of the few to suggest something that's not dessert πŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. Kelley Undergraduate Program says

    March 17, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    Probably these cookies! I've been obsessed with almond butter-oatmeal-dark chocolate chip cookies… so maybe those, too.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 17, 2014 at 6:11 pm

      I would love to try almond butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! Almond butter is my favorite. Do you have a recipe you recommend?

      Reply
  5. karen says

    March 16, 2014 at 8:27 pm

    I'd make toffee.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 16, 2014 at 8:33 pm

      Sounds delicious. I have never made toffee. Do you have a favorite recipe?

      Reply
  6. Julie says

    March 16, 2014 at 12:45 pm

    Snickerdoodles
    thanks for the giveaway
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    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 16, 2014 at 7:21 pm

      You're welcome! Snickerdoodles are a popular choice πŸ™‚

      Reply
  7. dreamingofcheese says

    March 16, 2014 at 11:06 am

    I'd love to make a batch of linzer cookies!

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 16, 2014 at 7:21 pm

      Ooh, fun!

      Reply
  8. Patricia Wojnar Crowley says

    March 15, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    I would make snickerdoodles!

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 16, 2014 at 4:24 am

      Good plan!!

      Reply
  9. Claire Printz says

    March 14, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    I would bake cookies for certain! Probably granola cookies because I have so much homemade granola on hand. πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 16, 2014 at 4:24 am

      Yum! I have never tried granola cookies!

      Reply
  10. Eligonma says

    March 14, 2014 at 11:05 am

    I'll make my favorite gluten-free chocolate chip cookies.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 14, 2014 at 4:21 pm

      Sounds delicious! What recipe do you use?

      Reply
  11. Carla Shiver says

    March 14, 2014 at 10:42 am

    I would make lemon sugar cookies or windmill cookies first.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 14, 2014 at 4:20 pm

      Yum, I love lemon cookies. Do you have a favorite recipe? I've never tried making windmills–is it hard?

      Reply
  12. Rebecca says

    March 14, 2014 at 5:42 am

    I would love to make these cookies for my gluten intolerant sister πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 14, 2014 at 4:20 pm

      Sounds great! Let me know what you think if you try them πŸ™‚

      Reply
  13. jacquie astemborski says

    March 13, 2014 at 5:36 pm

    cookies! probably oatmeal pb chocolate chip to start.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 13, 2014 at 8:08 pm

      Yum, great idea!!

      Reply
  14. Christine Ma says

    March 13, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    The endless list of things I would bake using the mat! I would probably first bake my sugar raisin crisps made from whole wheat raisin bread (homemade of course!)

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 13, 2014 at 5:34 pm

      Wow, Christine! Are the sugar raisin crisps kind of like cereal? Or more like sweet crackers?

      Reply
  15. blugravity says

    March 13, 2014 at 3:34 am

    I'd bake these cookies, but I'd sub the nutella for homemade hazelnut butter. They look delicious!

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 13, 2014 at 5:33 pm

      Great idea! Does your hazelnut butter recipe have chocolate & some kind of sweetener already in it? If not, you'd probably need to add some. I'm going to try making my own once I get a new food processor–do you recommend a recipe?

      Reply
  16. heatherp626 says

    March 13, 2014 at 3:09 am

    I would make some artisan bread! These mats are perfect for it!!

    heatherp626@msn.com

    Reply
    • Rebecca Winkler says

      March 13, 2014 at 3:12 am

      Ooh, great idea! Do you have a favorite recipe?

      Reply

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