Description
These mini pies are made with an all-butter pastry stuffed with Nutella and topped with soft, and chewy chocolate chip cookie!
Ingredients
- FOR THE NUTELLA FILLING:
- 12 teaspoons Nutella
- FOR THE PASTRY:
- 1 cup Plain Or All Purpose Flour
- ¼ cups Unsalted Butter, Cubed
- ¼ cups Icing Or Powdered Sugar
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Cold Water
- FOR THE COOKIE:
- 2 cups Plain/All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Cornflour Or Cornstarch
- ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoons Salt
- ½ cups Unsalted Butter
- ½ cups Caster Or Granulated Sugar
- ¼ cups Light Brown Sugar
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Chocolate Chips
Preparation
For the Nutella filling:
Place Nutella onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper and freeze until solid, about 1 hour.
For the pastry:
Sift the flour into a large bowl. Add butter and, using your fingertips, rub into flour until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in sugar.
In a small jug, or mug, lightly beat egg yolk with vanilla extract and water. Add to flour mixture and mix in using a knife. Gather together to make a soft dough.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before use.
Preheat oven to 180ºC (350ºF or Gas 4), and grease a 12-hole muffin pan. On a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry and, using a pastry or cookie cutter, cut out 12 circles or fluted circles. Press into prepared pan. You may need to re-roll the pastry to get 12 circles.
For the cookie:
Whisk together flour, baking powder, cornflour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Microwave butter for 1 minute, until mostly melted. Whisk in sugars until combined. Add egg and vanilla, mix until combined. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
Place a teaspoon of the frozen Nutella onto the centre of each pie crust, then press 1-ounce balls of cookie dough on top. Sprinkle with extra chocolate chips if desired. Bake 15–20 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before cooling completely on a wire rack.
You may have some cookie dough left over. If so, just roll into 2-ounce balls and bake for 10–12 minutes. Enjoy!