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Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nutella Stuffed Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

These cookies are golden on the outside and STUFFED with Nutella on the inside. With a touch of sea salt just for good measure!

Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Confession: I did NOT make these cookies.

My husband did. And they are OMG slap-yo-mama good.

Chris likes to bake on Sunday afternoons with our daughter. Which I should think is cute, but really all I can think about are the dishes piling up and the flour going everywhere. Sundays are not my baking days– plus we usually eat dinner at my mom’s, so I always have this grand delusion that the kitchen can stay clean on just that one day.

Hilarious. I know.

Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

So here’s the story of how these came to be and why I’m telling you to make them…

A gal from my church brought these unreal Nutella stuffed cookies to our holiday cookie exchange last month. Several of us begged for the recipe, and she sent us here. I skimmed the recipe for a second, saw the words brown butter + chill + 2 hours. And I was like NOPE! I’m out ✌????.

And then last Sunday rolls around, and my husband asks, “what kind of cookies should we make?” Disclaimer: I’ve been on a Nutella binge for about a month. And so I say, “You should make those Nutella stuffed cookies from the Christmas party!

And I’m thinking– yeah right, in my dreams!

But my husband is so different from me, y’all. He’s not in a rush and he doesn’t mind putting in the time. So he decides to go for it! He browned the butter and let it cool. He chilled the dough for TWO WHOLE HOURS. He remembered to chill the Nutella so it would hold up better during baking and make a perfect little Nutella pocket inside each cookie.

That’s the kind of man I married you guys. ????

Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

So yes… these cookies do require a little more TLC than the typical Something Swanky recipe. And this recipe doesn’t make a very big batch of cookies, since each individual cookie is JUMBO. Also, you will probably gain 10 lbs in a matter of hours.

BUT I’m not joking when I say that these cookies are so. worth. it. Period.

Mic drop.

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a sweet cream cheese filling in the middle.

Cream Cheese Filled Snickerdoodles Recipe

Soft and chewy cream cheese-filled snickerdoodles are exactly what you didn’t know you wanted.

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a sweet cream cheese filling in the middle.

Happy Monday everyone! It’s finally starting to (maybe?) cool down around here and feel just a little bit like Fall. Which means we should all head inside, don our fuzzy sweaters, and turn on the oven!

Because the arrival Fall necessitates cookies. Obvs.

And it just so happens that I have a fabulous Fall cookie to share with you today. Cream Cheese (think cheesecake) Filled Snickerdoodles ????.

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a sweet cream cheese filling in the middle.

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a sweet cream cheese filling in the middle.

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a sweet cream cheese filling in the middle.

The ingredients for these Snickerdoodles are fairly standard. I’m using my favorite snickerdoodle cookie dough as the base of course. These snickerdoodles turn out famously soft and dreamy every single time.

The sweet cream cheese filling in the center of these cookies is incredibly simple with only two ingredients: cream cheese and sugar. To get the cream cheese filling inside, all you’ll need to do is scoop about a teaspoon onto a flattened bit of dough. Place another flattened piece of dough on top and pinch the sides together to seal it up nice and tight. After that, roll it into a ball, and you’re ready to continue. Easy!

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a sweet cream cheese filling in the middle.

Enjoy, and Happy Fall, ya’ll!

Chewy butterscotch chip cookies with a chocolate surprise underneath!

Black Bottom Chocolate Butterscotch Cookies Recipe

Chewy butterscotch chip cookies with a chocolate surprise underneath!

Chewy butterscotch chip cookies with a chocolate surprise underneath!

Like any college kid worth her salt, I spent the better part of my freshman year living off the food in the vending machines.

“Healthier” Chocolate Butterscotch Cookies

My “healthier” meals consisted of egg salad sandwiches and granola bars. And an occasional visit to the salad and wrap bar in the student center.

But more often than not, I ate junk all day every day. And, boy… it was good. My typical choices were usually something along the lines of chocolate milk, Twix ice cream bars, Dunford pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, Dark Chocolate Peanut M&MS, chocolate covered Sunbelt granola bars, and Black Bottom Toffee Doodles.

Chewy butterscotch chip cookies with a chocolate surprise underneath!

Oh my gosh, you guys.

Those toffee doodles were LIFE! So what exactly is a Black Bottom Toffee Doodle?! Well. I’m glad you asked! This little gem of a cookie is (not so little, first off…) a fabulous combination of a snickerdoodle and a chocolate chip toffee cookie with a thin coating of chocolate on the bottom of the cookie.

It’s everything you want out of a vending machine cookie and so much more ????. If you are ever lucky enough to stumble across one, promise me you’ll buy it!

Chewy butterscotch chip cookies with a chocolate surprise underneath!

Anyway. All this to say… adding chocolate to the bottom of a cookie is realllllllllly good. And I just knew that if I dipped the bottom of my favorite butterscotch chip cookies in chocolate, all would be well with the world.

So I did. And it was. ????????✌???? ????.

Enjoy!

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a buttery caramel surprise on the inside.

Caramel Filled Snickerdoodles Recipe

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a buttery caramel surprise on the inside.

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a buttery caramel surprise on the inside.

Happy Tuesday! Can you believe we are HALFWAY through October?? Halfway! Cooler weather is on the way, the leaves are just starting to turn, and I’m getting a million other cues that it’s time to hunker down in my kitchen for Fall baking.

But before we go there, I have to go here:

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Meet my newest baby, Mackenzie.

Remember when I wrote this post all about how I don’t actually like dogs all that much? It’s still true. I am totally not a dog person. Or an animal person for that matter. Frankly, I have no idea what we were thinking adopting a dog out of the clear blue!

But it was like some crazy cosmic force drew us in, and even though we kept saying, “but we really didn’t ever want a dog….” we just couldn’t NOT take this sweet pup home with us. And even though all the annoying-dog stuff we were worried about really is as annoying as we thought it would be (omg, like I NEED more poop in my life!), the joy of having someone else in our home to love outweighs it somehow. We’ll just figure out how to deal with the poop and dog hair and stupid vet expenses and the 5 more weeks we’re all cooped up in an apartment together, because she’s ours and we love her!

It’s been less than 48 hours and I already can’t remember life without her.

It’s been the most bizarre twist of events in my life. Seriously.

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a buttery caramel surprise on the inside.

Speaking of bizarre twists… how about this delicious surprise– caramel filled snickerdoodles!

I am so excited to share this recipe with you today. Not just because it’s an absolutely delicious, soft, buttery, cinnamon-y cookie that you will fall insanely in love with. But also because it comes from a cookbook written by one of my very favorite bloggers, Jamielyn Nye who blogs over at I Heart Naptime.

Jamielyn is one of the sweetest people I have come across in the blogging community. She has a beautiful blog, a creative mind, and such a big heart. I couldn’t be more thrilled for her to release her very first cookbook, aptly titled The I Heart Naptime Cookbook. I haven’t been able to put it down– between the beautiful photography and the recipes that are so very perfect for the busy home-cook, it’s a fabulous addition for any kitchen.

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Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a buttery caramel surprise on the inside.

Just as she’s done on her blog for years, Jamielyn has filled this book to the brim with beauty, smarts, good taste (figuratively and literally), and extremely functional tips, tricks, crafts, and recipes. In fact, each recipe in the book can be made in under an hour! Woot!

Less time cooking = more eating. There’s a little basic Ashton Kitchen Math for ya.

Let me share one of these amazing recipes from her book with you. These caramel filled snickerdoodles caught my eye right away, and I knew this would be the perfect October recipe to make for you all! It’s like every warm and cozy flavor wrapped up into one amazingly soft and perfect cookie.

Sweet cinnamon sugar on the outside of a super soft cookie wrapped around buttery, melty caramel. Ah! I can’t even hardly look at these pictures without needing to jump up and make another batch!!

Soft and chewy snickerdoodles with a buttery caramel surprise on the inside.

Will you just look at that caramel?? *swoon*

Tip: I used Werther’s Original soft caramels in a second batch of these (not pictured), and I actually liked that batch better. The caramel in the middle stayed softer after baking versus the standard cello-wrapped caramels pictured in this post. Right out of the oven, these were fine, but the caramel did harden after cooling. So look for Werther’s soft caramels in your grocery store!

 

Happy Fall Baking ya’ll! And be sure to get your hands on Jamielyn’s book. It will make a fantastic holiday gift!

It's easy to see why Epicurious ranked these as their favorite chocolate chip cookies!

Epicurious Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

It’s easy to see why Epicurious ranked these as their favorite chocolate chip cookies!

It's easy to see why Epicurious ranked these as their favorite chocolate chip cookies!

It’s been a little while since I posted a chocolate chip cookie recipe. A month, to be exact (but who’s counting??). So it feels like a good enough time whip out another recipe in the Chocolate Chip Cookie experiment.

Is there ever a BAD time to make chocolate chip cookies? I submit that there is not.

Speaking of a good time to make chocolate chip cookies, wanna see a picture of the house we’re building?? She’s so pretty…

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And if you’re wondering… that’s pretty much how all of my conversations go these days. Talk, talk, talk, talk– wanna hear about my house??? Talk, talk, talk, talk– did I tell you about the house??

We’re just so excited, and it’s moving along so quickly that it’s hard to not be obsessed. I was prepared to be super patient in the beginning, but that went out the window as soon as they got the walls up. When I saw how fast it could happen, I started toe tapping.

Anyway.

It's easy to see why Epicurious ranked these as their favorite chocolate chip cookies!

I’ll pretend to think about something else.

Like chocolate chip cookies. If anything could distract me from the house, it would be warm chocolate chip cookies. You know this about me by now.

So let’s talk about these chocolate chip cookies. In case you’re not familiar, Epicurious is an online food community full of “expert” recipes and cooking advice. Truth be told, I’ve never spent too much time on their site, but I do enjoy their social media posts. And I was pretty confident they’d have a more than decent CCC recipe.

Some of what sets this cookie apart from other recipes we’ve tried:

???? This recipe calls for baking powder in addition to baking soda. The cookies aren’t puffy, like I’d expect a cookie with baking powder to be. But they don’t spread too terribly much, despite the lack of chilling the dough. And I think I’d attribute that in part to the baking powder.

???? There is a little less fat in this recipe. 10 tbsp instead of the 1/2 cup you would normally find in proportion to the amount of flour and sugar called for. This might also contribute to the cookies not spreading as much as I expected them to. I think it also contributes to the nice, crispy edges.

???? Two eggs instead of one. More eggs = more moisture and more fat = more chew!

It's easy to see why Epicurious ranked these as their favorite chocolate chip cookies!

In regards to how I would rank this recipe agains the other cookies I’ve tested, it gets a solid two thumbs up. That being said, I don’t think that particularly stands out as anything outrageously different than most other CCC recipes. But it’s a very good, very solid, worthwhile chocolate chip cooke recipe to hang on to!

You’ll enjoy the crispy edges, the chewy centers, and most of all– LOTS of chocolate! This recipe calls for chopped high quality chocolate– which always makes for a most excellent chocolate chip cookie 🙂 .

Enjoy!