The Nutella Christmas cookies are delicious and have a unique feature: they are made with cinnamon shortcrust, offering a strong and fragrant flavor.
These Nutella Christmas cookies are perfect to serve as a dessert or as a snack during the day, one leads to another.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Affordable
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: About 30 cookies
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
Ingredients for Nutella Christmas Cookies:
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup cold butter
- 1 large egg (at room temperature)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch fine salt
- 1 tsp baking powder (leveled)
- 2 tsps ground cinnamon
- as needed Nutella
- as needed powdered sugar
Tools for Nutella Christmas Cookies:
- Cookie Cutters
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Work Surface
Steps for Preparing and Baking Nutella Christmas Cookies:
First, prepare the CINNAMON SHORTCRUST, alternatively you can also use COCONUT SHORTCRUST.
On a work surface, sprinkle a little flour, then place the shortcrust dough and roll out a very thin sheet (do not make it as thick as 1/4 inch because it tends to increase in volume during baking and stacking two cookies on top of each other would make them too tall).
With Christmas cookie cutters, make many shapes, half circular and the other half with a design. We purchased THESE CUTTERS and were very satisfied. Then re-knead the scraps and make other cookies until the dough is finished.
Place the freshly cut cookies on a very large non-stick baking sheet and bake at 356°F for about 8 minutes, until they start to turn golden, then remove the tray from the oven and let them cool.
On the circular cookies without a hole, put a little Nutella in the center, then dust the cookies with the central hole with powdered sugar and place one on top of the Nutella cookie. Repeat the same procedure with the remaining cookies.
We suggest dusting with powdered sugar first, so the Nutella stays clean and they look nicer.
Store the cookies in a hermetically sealed tin box so they maintain their crunchiness.
Notes
You can replace the Nutella with pistachio cream, almond cream, or simply with jam.
