I love Nutella. So do my youngest 2 boys. I love hazelnuts anyway, so pairing it with cocoa and making it into a wonderful spreadable treat is literally icing on the toast. ;) I also love peanut butter. And peanut butter cookies are a big time favorite around this house. So why not combine the two? I am certainly not the first to think of doing this, I found that out after doing a quick internet search which revealed several posts about these beauties.
Below is my favorite peanut butter cookie recipe that I have been baking for years. It’s soft and chewy and everyone here adores them. I adapted it by simply substituting some of the peanut butter with Nutella. These are a perfect addition to your holiday gift baskets!
These were really delicious and you could definitely detect the Nutella flavor. I will be trying these again, using even more Nutella and less peanut butter, to try and get a deeper flavor. However, I did notice that because Nutella has a thinner consistency than peanut butter, it did make the batter a little wetter than when I just make peanut butter cookies. Therefore, I might add a bit more flour to counteract that with the higher Nutella content. I’ll let you know! If you beat me to it, let ME know. :)
UPDATE: If you printed this recipe prior to February 27, 2011, you will want to print it again. I have made some adjustments to add more Nutella flavor. :)
You might also like these Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.
1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup Nutella
1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tbsp milk
1 tbsp vanilla
1 egg
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Combine shortening, Nutella, peanut butter, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add egg. Beat just until blended.
Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.
Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls (using a cookie scoop works great) 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with tines of fork.
Bake for 7 to 8 minutes, or until set and just beginning to brown. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to cooling racks to cool completely.
Love these cookies! Nice creation!
What a great idea! I'm in love with Nutella too!
I could probably live on nutella!!!
What the perfect combination
ooooh I think this is making my Holiday boxes!!!
FINALLY someone who loves nutella.everyone makes fun of me for it. i will have to make these and convert everyone!
Wow how delicious do these look! I'm a huge fan of Nutella too. Although I do really hate their commercials. I love how they say it's "great on lots of healthy things"…hahaha I guess that is because it's not healthy by itself…lol.
I made peanut butter nutella cookies awhile ago – but they didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. I'm definitely trying them again.
These look great! Who doesn't love peanut butter and Nutella?
Peanut butter and Nutella… YUM! (Is there a way to add bacon and make them perfection?…LOL)
Ciao Amanda ! These cookies are to die for !! I'm loosing track of my time too !
Mmm…..(drools) These sound so wonderful!
great cookies as ever let me know if you ever want to do a guest post with a baked item as you are so good at it!
but i know your really busy
Love Rebecca
Awesome combo!!!
Peanut butter cookies are my fav–am *so* making these! They look delicious!
I must try these. I love PB cookies and these look great with the addition of the nutella! thanks for the recipe too!
Those look perfect. We are huge Nutella lovers here, the jars don't seem to last long enough!
I definitely want to try these. I like pb cookies with chunky pb, what do you think of added chopped hazelnuts to these? Would also help kick up the Nutella flavor, you think?
I just bought a new jar of Nutella, so I may try these sooner than later. I'll add a little extra flour and let you know! Great lookin' cookie, Amanda.
Oh my goodness! Hannah will love these! She discovered Nutella a few years ago when we were shopping with my husband. He threw a jar in the cart because he remembered having it growing up in his Italian family.
She's never looked back! I think her actual words were "you've known about this for how many years and you are just telling me about it now??"
These cookies sound so good with the combination of peanut butter and nutella!
Oh that sounds good! This is definitely one to try!
My two favorite nutty spreads, together at last! What a delicious pairing. They look great!
Excellent idea! This is definitely one to try over the holidays.
These look fantastic and I love soft cookies!
When I was in Germany, I ate Nutella on toast every morning. They love it over there. Thanks for sharing the recipe for these. I will have to try them…soon!
YUMM-O…these are the best of both worlds. They must be fabulous and oh so delish!!!
What a great idea, nutella is the best!
Yum, yum, yum! I love Nutella (and peanut butter), so I'm sure I'd love these.
Nutella and peanut butter sounds like a demon combination! I think I'd eat them til they'd all gone.
Maravilloso tu blog. Desde España un saludo
mmmmmm, Nutella cookies, brilliant :D These sound absolutely delicious!
I'm about to make a similar cookie!!! Yeah for Nutella!
Yummy, those cookies look great, I loved it :)
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Nutella and Peanut Butter…what could be better! I can taste the chewy cookie right now!
nutella + peanut butter? amazing!
This sounds like an addictive cookie! Nutella and peanut butter is a lovely combination.
I'm baking a batch of these right now to take to work in the morning. They smell wonderful!
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Just made these w/ butter in lieu of shortening (didn't have any) and added a bit more Nutella (never enough) and rolled them in sugar before baking them. They are very mildly Nutella-ish, next time I will swap PB amount for Nutella as PB is such an overwhelming flavour. The sugar took out some of that PB bite though, which I am not crazy about.
They are a bit crispier than I'd like but I think that's the butter's fault!!!
Thanks for this!
Thank you everyone! These are one of our favorites now :)
Do you think these would hold up to shipping to Iraq from America?
Hi Deb, sorry I didn't see this right away! I really don't see why not. They have a great texture. If you are going to place them in layers, be sure to put sheets of wax paper between the layers. If you are going to stack them, I would suggest wrapping 4-5 in a stack in plastic wrap, then the next 4-5, etc. Try shipping them in an empty Pringles can :)
I never thought of shipping cookies in a pringles can! I've sent all sorts of things via mail but cookies always seem to be the ones that arrive worse for the ware in a crumbled mess. I'd try it but I always tend to make my cookies about 1/2 again as large as a pringles can, but if I HAVE to ship, I'll keep that in mind.
I just made these! I took your suggestion to add more nutella and used 1/4 + 1/8 cup each nutella and peanut butter and didn't add any milk and the consistency was perfect for scooping and pressing (I didn't need to add additional flour). They are fantastic! Thank you for sharing this recipe! ~Sandra
They turned out great and taste delicious! :)
Anon #1 – if you do ship in a pringls can, wrap the cookies or line the container with waxed paper for added cushion :)
Anon #2 – so glad you liked them, they are a favorite here!
Anon #3 – Great news, so glad you enjoyed them!
The cookies are definitely easy but I think they need more nutella. I like the chewy-ness if you will but they need a little something more.
I did not understand Anon #42 comment: "I just made these! I took your suggestion to add more nutella and used 1/4 + 1/8 cup each nutella and peanut butter" — what total amount was used for the nutella? Total amount for the peanut butter?
Thanks so much.
Sounds like it was 1/4 cup plus 1/8 cup of each peanut butter and nutella :)
These cookies have gotta be great with all those nutty ingredients.
These look delicious! I have to try them!!
I didn't think peanut butter cookies could get any better. I was wrong. Nutella pushes these over the top!
These turned out nothing like expected. I couldn't even tell there was peanut butter or nutella in it. Even after I added extra peanut butter and nutella, they still tasted BLAND. I never would have guessed that they were peanut butter/nutella. I followed the recipe exactly. It was very disappointing.
I'm sorry about my previous post. I didn't mean to sound so harsh. Thank you for sharing your recipe, they are actually quite good. My apologies.
Anon – I'm sorry these didn't come out to your liking. I've made them several times and they've always been great. I'm not quite sure what may have gone wrong if you followed the recipe exactly. The only thing I can think of is if you try them while still warm they will taste considerably different than they do at room temperature. Let them cool and give them another chance :)
So this is that famous cookie! ;) It sounds really good to me! Thanks for sharing. I've only done the Nutella no-bake cookie but one cant have enough Nutella cookie recipes.
Amanda, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE these cookies! I’ve made them a million times, but for some reason I never saved the recipe. I just tried to access it on here, and it won’t come up! Please repost the recipe somewhere so I can make these fabulous cookies for my family again! Thanks!
Oh thanks so much for telling me! I have corrected the recipe and you can view it now. Thanks again!
Yay, this wonderful recipe has returned! Thanks for reposting :)
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