Nutella Filled Shortbread

Nutella Filled Shortbread

Kate asked me to make some kind of Nutella based biscuit housing today, and this is what I invented!

It's a basic shortbread recipe pimped with vanilla and filled with enough Nutella to make a small horse hyper. 

They're really easy - the only time consuming thing is chilling the Nutella down and the dough too - it's an essential step or you'll end up with an epic chocolate mess, which isn't always a bad thing...

Quenelle of Nutella

Nutella Filled Shortbread

Makes 9 generous biscuits, depends on the size of your Nutella fillings

Ingredients:

4oz butter/marg
2oz caster sugar
6oz self raising flour

1 capful vanilla essence

9tsp nutella (or as many as biscuits you're aiming for - chilled in fridge for at least 2 hours or freezer for 1)

Nutella and Dough

Caster sugar for sprinkling

Baking tray with grease proof paper

170oc fan oven/180oc for any other oven

Method:

1. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until it becomes light and fluffy.

2. Beat in the vanilla essence.

3. Gradually add the flour, stirring well after each addition. The dough will become much stiffer, but keep going until all of the flour is incorporated.

Mid-roll

4. Put the dough in the fridge for at least two hours to chill (along with the Nutella if it's not already chilling).

5. When everything is chilled make a quenelle of Nutella by passing it between two teaspoons until it's in a smooth oval shape, leave on one of the teaspoons whilst you shape the dough.

6. Take a small handful the dough, roll it between your hands into a ball and then flatten into disk about the thickness of a pound coin.

7. Put the quenelle of Nutella into the centre of the dough disk, bring the edges of the dough up around the Nutella and crimp together.

Ready to bake

8. Gently roll the Nutella filled shortbread between the palm of your hands to make it a uniform shape and then flatten slightly, place on the baking tray and sprinkle with caster sugar.

9. Repeat for the rest of the dough and then bake in the middle of a preheated oven for 10/15 minutes or until they turn a light golden brown.

10. Cool slightly on a wire rack, and then dig in!

Finished biscuits!

These are best enjoyed warm, when the Nutella is still molten - yum!

These are dead easy, and so flipping worth it!

Happy Baking!

The Baking Ginger xx