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Browned Butter Nutella Stuffed Sea Salt Cookies

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
Total Time21 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Kaylynn

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon of salt
  • 2 sticks 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon plain greek yogurt
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup Heath toffee bits
  • 1 jar of Nutella
  • Coarse sea salt for sprinkling

Instructions

  • Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
  • Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
  • The butter will begin to foam.
  • Make sure you whisk consistently during this process.
  • After a couple of minutes, the butter will begin to brown on the bottom of the saucepan; continue to whisk and remove from heat as soon as the butter begins to brown and give off a nutty aroma.
  • Immediately transfer the butter to a glass bowl to prevent burning.
  • Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
  • With an electric mixer, mix the butter and sugars until thoroughly blended.
  • Beat in the egg, yolk, vanilla, and yogurt until combined.
  • Add the dry ingredients slowly and beat on low-speed just until combined.
  • Gently fold in all of the chocolate chips.
  • Chill your dough for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Once dough is chilled measure about 1 1/2 tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball.
  • Flatten the dough ball very thinly into the palm of your hand.
  • Place 1 teaspoon of chilled nutella in the middle and fold dough around it; gently roll into a ball — it doesn’t have to be perfectly rolled!
  • Make sure that the nutella is not seeping out of the dough.
  • Add more dough if necessary.
  • Place dough balls on cookie sheet, 2 inches apart and flatten with your hand VERY gently. (Really only the tops need to be flattened a bit!)
  • Bake the cookies 9-11 minutes or until the edges of the cookies begin to turn golden brown.
  • They will look a bit underdone in the middle,
  • but will continue to cook once out of the oven.
  • Cool the cookies on the sheets at least 2 minutes.
  • Sprinkle with a little sea salt.
  • Remove the cooled cookies from the baking sheets after a few minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Repeat with remaining dough.