Gooey Nutella Chocolate Cookies

Makes 12, Prep 45 mins, Cook 12 mins

150g unsalted butter, chopped,

at room temperature ½ cup brown sugar, firmly

packed ¹⁄³ cup caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 egg ½ cup hazelnut meal 1¼ cups plain flour 1/ cup cocoa powder

3 ½ tsp baking powder ½ cup Nutella, chilled (see tip)

1 Grease and line two large oven trays with baking paper. 2 Beat butter, sugars and vanilla in a small bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg. Beat until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. 3 Add hazelnut meal and combined sifted flour, cocoa and baking powder. Mix well. 4 Roll two level tblsps of dough into a ball. Using your thumb, make an indent into dough. Place on prepared tray, indent-side up. Repeat with the remaining dough, placing about 5cm apart on prepared trays. 5 One at a time, spoon a heaped tsp of chilled Nutella into each indent. Pinch dough together to enclose. Re-roll into balls. Return to trays. 6 Cook in a moderate oven (180C), swapping trays halfway through, for about 12 minutes, or until firm when lightly touched. Remove from oven. Cool completely on trays.