Nutella Cookies

I wanted to make these awhile ago but never got to it. These are delicious. They kind of remind me of those cookies you make out of devils food cake mix to make homemade oreos. I guess you could turn these into oreos too, but they stand very well on their own.

Chocolate Nutella Cookies
                                                                                                 
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour - I used 3/4 white 1/2 wheat
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup dutch-process cocoa - I probably did about 1/2 cup
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon hazelnut extract
1/3 cup Nutella- I used more... maybe even 2/3 cup
1/3 cup milk

1. Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and cocoa, set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the butter and sugars. Beat on medium speed until smooth and creamy, about two minutes. Add the vanilla and hazelnut extract and beat until extracts disappear. Add the Nutella and mix until batter is smooth.

2. Add the flour mixture in 2 batches, alternately with the milk in one batch, mixing well. Chill dough for at least 15 minutes before baking. You can make the dough a few days in advance, just wrap it in plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator.

3. When you are ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Take a tablespoon of cookie dough and roll it into a ball. Place on lined baking sheets and gently press down on the dough ball.  Or make your life easy and just use a cookie scoop, no need to flatten they'll do that on their own. Continue making dough balls until the cookie sheets are filled-leave two inches in between cookies.

4. Bake cookies for 10-11 minutes or until soft, but starting to set. Remove cookies from the oven and let cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and let cool completely.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies