Nutella Crinkle Cookies

This is from recipegoldmine.com. I was looking for nutella recipes and no one has posted this one. I made a variation of this with walnuts instead of hazelnuts and didn't roll in nuts just the confecioners sugar. They turned out great but i did find i had to bake them about 15 minutes to get the middle done and to crackle on top. I didn't count my cookies so maybe i made them too big. I think you could make them with any nuts you have on hand, the nutella flavour is still there.update..in the picture i made them with hazelnuts but i didn't notice any difference in taste than when i made them with walnuts. Walnuts i get free and hazelnuts are so expensive to buy.

Steps

Preheat oven to 375f stir together flour , baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl.

Beat nutella and shortening in a large bowl until combined.

Add sugar and mix until combined , beat in eggs and vanilla.

Add flour and milk alternately and mix until just combined.

Stir in 1 / 2 cup toasted hazelnuts.

Cover and chill several hours until firm.

Shape into walnut-sized balls.

Roll in finely chopped hazelnuts , then in confectioners sugar.

Place on greased cookie sheet and bake 8-10 minutes-surface should be cracked and cookies set.

Makes about 70.

Ingredients

flour, baking powder, salt, nutella, shortening, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, milk, toasted hazelnuts, hazelnuts, icing sugar