These gluten-free cookies are full of the goodness of chocolate and hazelnut! You’ll think you’re eating Nutella right from the jar — but, with hazelnut meal and cocoa powder, you’re eating homemade Nutella — in the form of a cookie! Recipes with homemade Nutella can be just as delicious as the real thing. These cookies prove it!
Please don’t worry about the “ish.” These cookies are full of hazelnut-chocolate deliciousness and are very reminiscent of what I eat with a spoon out of a jar. 😉 I’ve found that cookie recipes with homemade Nutella can be every bit as scrumptious as recipes with with Nutella from a jar.
My gluten-free, 10-year-old loves them, and he’s tough to please — even when it comes to desserts. If there’s a gluten-free eater in your life, watch out if you make these for them, because you’ll be making them every couple of days! Though gluten-free or not, these melt-in-your-mouth cookies are a huge crowd-pleaser.
And if you want a really intense Nutella cookie, you must also try my Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies (pictured below)! These do have the Nutella from the jar — so you can compare. A taste test would be fun! 😉
Let’s be honest though, it’s always going to be a healthier choice to make your own, as opposed to using something from a jar. Whatever it is. When you make it yourself, you know exactly what’s in it.
The hazelnut meal adds the wonderful flavor of hazelnuts, along with a buttery taste and texture. Add chocolate to that, and it’s hard to go wrong! So obviously, recipes with homemade Nutella will be a hit!
Enjoy every last crumb of these Nutella-ish Gluten-Free Cookies.
This is not a sponsored post, Bob’s Red Mill sent me Hazelnut Meal/Flour for recipe testing, and as always, all opinions are my own.
These gluten-free cookies are full of the goodness of chocolate and hazelnut! You'll think you're eating Nutella right from the jar -- but, with hazelnut meal and cocoa powder, you're eating homemade Nutella -- in the form of a cookie!
*Makes about 6 1/2 dozen
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup Bob's Red Mill Hazelnut Meal/Flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
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Cover a couple of baking sheets with parchment paper.
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In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix the butter with the sugar, oil and vanilla. Once it's smooth, add in the eggs and mix to blend.
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Add the hazelnut meal/flour, cocoa powder, gluten-free all-purpose flour, salt, xanthan gum, and baking soda. Mix until the batter is as smooth as possible and you no longer see any dry spots.
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Fold in the chocolate chips.
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Use a small cookie scoop or spoon to shape balls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets -- they should be about a tablespoon each. Drop them as close together as possible without letting them touch. Cover the baking sheets tightly with plastic wrap, and place them in the refrigerator overnight.
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The next day, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F, and cover another baking sheet with parchment.
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Once the oven is ready, remove the baking sheets from the refrigerator and place about 1 dozen pre-shaped cookies on the new baking sheet, with about 2-inches between them. Sprinkle them with a bit of coarse sea salt.
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Bake in the preheated 375 degree F oven just until the cookies look dry, about 8 minutes. Continue this process until all of the cookies are baked, keeping the pre-shaped cookies in the refrigerator between batches.
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Let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes and then transfer them to a cooling rack.
Adair @ Lentil Breakdown says
I really want to try these as I’m crazy for hazels and choco, but I can’t eat eggs, so this might be the one I try with the flax seeds and water substitute. I bet coconut oil would be good too if you don’t have the grape seed!
valentina says
Let me know how it goes, Adair. I think it’ll work well. 🙂
Deb says
Fantastic cookies! The ingredients in you recipe are much healthier than those listed on the back of the Nutella jar. A great afternoon snack.
valentina says
a snack, breakfast, lunch, whatever works. 😉
Coco in the Kitchen says
Yes, thanks!!!!
Happy Mommy’s Day, V. xo
valentina says
Hope you had a delightful Mommy’s Day, Colette. xo
David says
Yum! These sounds absolutely fantastic! xo
valentina says
Oh they are! 🙂