Yes, I said NUTELLA.

Nutella is undoubtedly the best thing Italy has ever produced. Screw you, pasta and really great ice cream for super hot summer days.

Recently, there was quite a bit of snow coming down in London and because it’s so nice and calm outside (as if!) and also because I really really love snow, I decided to forget about calories for a bit and just make something comforting and chocolaty. It had to include Nutella, obviously!

I found the recipe here and because I’m usually too lazy to convert the American cups to grams, I always literally use a cup to measure my ingredients. It’s not the best way to do it, I know that, but at least I don’t have to spend 15 minutes on converting cups to grams before I can start baking.

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies

serves 32

2 cups flour

1tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

125g butter, room temperature

1 cup sugar, white

1/2 cup sugar, brown

2 eggs

1.5 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup Nutella

1.5 cups chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 190°C, line 2 baking trays with paper.

First, mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

Then, in another bowl with an electric mixer, cream the butter and the white and brown sugar until the mixture is slightly fluffy. Add the eggs and the vanilla extract. Combine everything.

Gradually add the flour mixture and whisk it thoroughly. After that, you add the Nutella, mix everything with the hand mixer and lastly, you add the chocolate chips.

Take a bit of dough and roll it to little balls (about 2.5cm in parameter), place them on the lined baking trays and bake them for 9-11 minutes.

The cookies will still look quite “wobbly” after 11 minutes. This is normal and ensures that you end up with gooey cookies instead of brick hard ones.

I won’t do a calorific breakdown today because you know… it was the weekend and it was snowing and I simply don’t give a damn today. :) I think it’s okay to eat whatever you want every now and then (I usually do it on Sundays) to make sure you don’t end up completely obsessed with food and calories.

Have a few lovely quiet minutes with these cookies and a cup of Green Chai Tea, guys!

Love, Becca x