Sinful Brown Butter Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon plain greek yogurt
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1 (400 g) jar nutella, chilled in refrigerator
• coarse sea salt, for sprinkling

Recipe

• 1 whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set aside.
• 2 melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. the butter will begin to foam. make sure you whisk consistently during this process.
• 3 after a couple of minutes, the butter will begin to brown on the bottom of the saucepan. continue to whisk and remove from heat as soon as the butter begins to brown and give off a nutty aroma.
• 4 immediately transfer the butter to a bowl to prevent burning. set aside to cool for a few minutes.
• 5 with an electric mixer, mix the butter and sugars until thoroughly blended.
• 6 beat in the egg, yolk, vanilla and yogurt until combined.
• 7 add the dry ingredients slowly and beat on low-speed just until combined. gently fold in all of the chocolate chips.
• 8 chill your dough for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• 9 when ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 10 measure about 1 1/2 tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball. flatten the dough ball very thinly into the palm of your hand.
• 11 place 1 teaspoon of chilled nutella in the middle and fold dough around it. gently roll into a ball. it does not have to be perfect. make sure that the nutella is not seeping out of the dough. add more dough if necessary.
• 12 place dough balls on cookie sheet 2 inches apart and flatten the tops slightly with your hand.
• 13 bake the cookies 9-11 minutes or until the edges of the cookies begin to turn golden brown. they will look a bit underdone in the middle, but will continue to cook once out of the oven.
• 14 cool the cookies on the sheets for at least 2 minutes then sprinkle with a little sea salt.
• 15 remove the cooled cookies from the baking sheets and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. repeat with remaining dough.