These irresistible Nutella® thumbprint cookies are just another reason to be thankful for this holiday! Rolled in toasted hazelnuts, these sugar cookies can easily become the next family favorite. There's nothing not to love about Nutella® Hazelnut Spread!
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Nutella® Thumbprint Cookies
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 40 min
- Servings 50
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- Flour, butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch for cutout cookies
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup finely chopped hazelnuts (filberts), toasted, skinned
- 1/2 cup Nutella® hazelnut spread (from 13-oz jar)
- Multicolored nonpareils, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, butter and egg with spoon until soft dough forms.
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Step2Shape into 50 (3/4-inch) balls. In small bowl, beat egg whites lightly with fork. Place nuts in another small bowl. Dip each ball into egg white, then roll in nuts. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 1 inch apart.
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Step3Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheets. Using end of wooden spoon, make indentation in center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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Step4When ready to serve, spoon hazelnut chocolate spread into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag; insert cut corner of bag into indentation in each cookie. Squeeze bag to fill opening, about 1/2 teaspoon per cookie. Sprinkle with nonpareils.
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Step5Store covered in airtight container at room temperature in single layer.
Nutrition
90 Calories
5g Total Fat
1g Protein
11g Total Carbohydrate
6g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 50mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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