Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

I am posting this AMAZING cookie recipe on my blog because it deserves every bit of exposure it can! This is by far the best cookie I have ever made and possibly eaten. I discovered this recipe a couple months ago and since then have made double batches for just about every event I have gone to. Without a hitch they're gone in minutes and people don't want to leave without knowing my secret - the secret is Emilie. This is NOT my recipe but a fellow blogger from Scarborough Food Fair and she is amazing. Please check out her site...you won't regret it!

I am re-posting it just as Emilie has it on her website so I don't miss a beat. Her delicious recipe needs no tweaking, but I will say if you're in a time crunch just omit the nutella part and the cookies are just as good! Enjoy!

  

Makes: 2 dozen

Prep Time: 2 hours

Bake Time: 9 Minutes

Total Time: 2 hours 9 minutes

Adapted From: Ambitious Kitchen

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter

1 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 tablespoon plain greek yogurt

3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

1 jar Nutella, chilled in refrigerator

coarse sea salt for sprinkling

Directions:

1. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
2. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt butter until it beings to foam.  Continuously whisk until the butter begins to brown on the bottom of the saucepan, about 5-7 minutes.  As soon as the butter is brown and begins to give off a nutty aroma remove from heat and transfer to a small bowl to prevent from burning.  Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
3. With an electric mixer, mix the butter and sugars until thoroughly blended.  Beat in the egg, yolk, vanilla, and yogurt until combined.  Add the dry ingredients slowly and beat on low-speed just until combined.  Gently fold in all of the chocolate chips with a wooden spoon.
4. Chill the dough for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
5. Preheat the oven to 350°.  Measure out a heaping tablespoon of dough and roll it into a ball.  Flatten the ball very thinly into the palm of your hand and then place 1 teaspoon of chilled nutella in the middle and fold the dough up and around it.  Gently roll into a ball (it doesn't have to be perfect!) and make sure the nutella isn't seeping out anywhere.  If it is, cover it up with more dough.
6. Place dough balls on a cookie sheet, 2 inches apart and flatten the tops ever so slightly with your fingers.
7. Bake the cookies 9 minutes or until the edges of the cookies begin to turn golden brown.  Remove from oven and let sit on the baking sheets for several minutes.  Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.  
8. Enjoy!