Sorry this is a day late for my weekly Thursday editions of the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies & Sweets, but I was sick with the plague on Wednesday and Thursday, but today I am better and I have a real treat for you!
This recipe takes the flourless peanut butter cookie to a whole new level! These are flourless Nutella cookies! And they are so simple to make!
Toss all the ingredients in a bowl…
…stir well…
Portion out onto a cookie sheet and smoosh with a fork al la peanut butter cookie.
And bake!
Allow to cool and enjoy!
I also love that because they are flourless, they are naturally gluten-free! My tummy thanks me tremendously! 
Flourless Nutella Cookies
Recipe from St Petersburg Times
1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread, like Nutella (you could use Justin’s brand of chocolate hazelnut butter, but it probably wouldn’t be as sweet)
1/2 cup natural peanut butter (I’ve used “peanut butter spread” types like Peter Pan. OMG. Stay away unless you want fail cookies that taste totally off!)
1 heaping tablespoon natural cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Then portion out dough into 1 tbsp-size balls and place on a cookie sheet. Mash lightly with the prongs of a fork in a criss-cross fashion. Bake for about 10-12 minutes. Don’t overbake! You want them to still be soft when you take them out, because they will set outside the oven.
Allow to cool/set.
Enjoy!
Makes about two dozen cookies
Again, I *may* have to borrow this recipe! I just got off the phone with my mom about flourless recipes trying to brainstorm. This is way better than anything we came up with- haha!
Just made these… great idea but honestly, not the best cookies I’ve ever had. Don’t recommend.