I need to be careful with the amount of butter cookies I consume lately, my weight and figure are both very pleasant at the moment, must make sure they stay this way.

I couldn’t resist this recipe though, I even purchased a small jar of Nutella, though none of us is a massive fan in this house- and then ended up not using any!!! The original recipe makes these cookie sandwiches filled with Nutella, but in my view they stand their ground so well, they don’t need anything else. I gave some to Keava and Simon, who will look after Dusty this weekend.

120 g of soft butter creamed with the same amount of brown and caster sugar, which I reduced from the original, I think 175 g of sugar altogether is a bit silly. 1 whole beaten egg, 200 g of plain flour, less than half a tsp of bicarb soda, then 70 g of chopped, toasted hazelnuts and 100 g of chopped milk chocolate. That made a nice, thick cookie dough, which I spooned onto the baking trays and baked for 10 minutes in 180 degrees. Once I tasted the first one, Nutella went back to the pantry, which is where it will stay for now.

Excellent cookies. 🙂