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    Home » Dessert Recipes » Cookie Recipes

    Hazelnut Thumbprints

    Published: Dec 4, 2009 Last updated: Sep 17, 2021 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Hazelnut Thumbprints

    For the holidays the Cooking Light Virtual Supper Club decided to do a cookie exchange! After I had already looked at several cookies online my new Cooking Light issue arrived in the mail and in it were these Hazelnut Thumbprints. I knew immediately I was going to try these. I mean, how could I not? There was nutella in the center! These cookies were awesome. They went to our holiday party at work and were definitely a favorite of one particular faculty member. His words were "if I can't stop eating these, then it is the best compliment you can receive - they are that good" as he ate the last cookie he stole from his spouse's plate! ;o)

    Check out what the rest of our Virtual Supper Club Members created in their kitchens this month:Jamie: Raspberry Strippers
    Val: Orange Walnut Tassies
    Aggie: Peppermint Patties
    Helene: Maple Date Bars

     

    Hazelnut Thumbprints - Cooking Light Virtual Supper Club
    Author: Grumpy's Honeybunch
    Ingredients
    • 1 cup white whole wheat flour
    • 1 cup powdered sugar
    • ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
    • 2 large egg yolks
    • 1 teaspoon instant espresso
    • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • ⅔ cup finely chopped toasted hazelnuts
    • ⅓ cup Nutella
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, and salt. Stir to combine.
    3. Place butter in large mixing bowl and beat with mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Whisk egg yolk and espresso to combine. Add yolk mixture to butter mixer and beat at low speed until just combined.
    4. Turn dough out onto pastry mate and knead about 6 times until smooth. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll sides of dough balls in chopped toasted hazelnuts, pressing gently to allow nuts to adhere to dough. Arrange on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Press thumb into center of each cookie leaving an indentation. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove cookies from pans and cool completely. Once cooled, spoon about ½ teaspoon of Nutella spread into center of cookie.
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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    1. Katy ~

      December 04, 2009 at 9:02 pm

      Ps Your picture is 100x better than the one on the recipe site!

      Reply
    2. Katy ~

      December 04, 2009 at 8:55 pm

      Shelby, of all the new cookie recipes I've seen this season, these have to be THE BEST and I'm not even a chocolate lover, but I do love nutella (go figure). Absolutely positively beautiful.

      Reply
    3. Jessie

      December 04, 2009 at 7:23 pm

      I adore nutella! I think this is going to be the next cookie I bake! Now I just need to pick up some nutella

      Reply
    4. averagebetty

      December 04, 2009 at 7:03 pm

      Ya know HoneyB... I may have to be the Grumpy today. I don't like hazelnut or nutella. I know. I'm probably the only one in the world. But the photos look gorgeous!

      Reply
    5. petitechef

      December 04, 2009 at 6:19 pm

      droooooling over here!!! YUM!!!
      Thanks for sharing!
      Hope you had a nice thanksgiving!

      Reply
    6. Mags

      December 04, 2009 at 6:12 pm

      Wow Shelby, that is one gorgeous photo!

      Reply
    7. teresa

      December 04, 2009 at 6:06 pm

      i remember seeing these and wanting them too! great cookies! i have an award for you on my blog!

      Reply
    8. Helene

      December 04, 2009 at 5:06 pm

      Oh my Shelby, I am going to a cooking exchange next week and these may be on the list. I'm a Nutella lover. Thanks for baking those cookies for our cookie exchange.

      Reply
    9. Fallon

      December 04, 2009 at 4:48 pm

      Ohhh yum!

      Reply
    10. Frieda

      December 04, 2009 at 4:43 pm

      Yum! I'm gonna have to buy a super sized jar of Nutella and make these soon!

      Reply
    11. Aggie

      December 04, 2009 at 4:14 pm

      The minute I saw this months CL issue I fell in love with these too...I love love love Nutella!! Yours look exactly like theirs!! Great job! 🙂 These wouldn't last very long at my house...

      Reply
    12. pigpigscorner

      December 04, 2009 at 3:40 pm

      OMG this looks so good!!

      Reply
    13. Allison

      December 04, 2009 at 3:04 pm

      I, too, was eyeing this recipe. I think you've convinced me. This is going on my "to try" list. On another note, may I ask how you get such amazing photos? I'm a total klutz at food photography myself. All of your pictures make me drool.

      Reply
    14. Maria

      December 04, 2009 at 2:42 pm

      So these get your approval? 🙂 I am baking today and want to make the best cookies, these might have it:)

      Reply
    15. Patsyk

      December 04, 2009 at 2:32 pm

      They are gorgeous! I adore hazelnut, so I know I would love these!

      Reply
    16. Dawn

      December 04, 2009 at 2:21 pm

      I am NOT making these! No way! Damn! I would eat them all. Gorgeous photo.

      Reply
    17. Katie

      December 04, 2009 at 1:34 pm

      Just when I was about to make your eggnog thumbprint cookies, you go and post something that looks equally fantastic! I'm off to the store to buy some nutella!

      Reply
    18. Jamie

      December 04, 2009 at 12:30 pm

      Wow, that cookie looks like it wants to jump off the computer screen into my mouth. Too bad we couldn't meet in person so I could have taken these home. Look amazing and I'm sure they taste amazing too.

      Reply
    19. susies1955

      December 04, 2009 at 12:01 pm

      OH MY GOODNESS that looks good. 🙂
      Awesome,
      Susie

      Reply
    20. Bellini Valli

      December 04, 2009 at 11:00 am

      They look so delicious Shelby. A perfect treat for our virtual supper club!!!!I don't think I could stop eating them either!!

      Reply
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