Chocolate Hazelnut Drops - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
1 None large egg
1 1/3 cup ground hazelnuts
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
6 tbsp chocolate-hazelnut spread
2 tsp cocoa powder

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300\u00b0F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
In a small bowl, beat butter, vanilla, and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and stir in ground hazelnuts and sifted flour.
Flour hands and roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls. Place about 2 inches apart on trays and flatten slightly. Using the end of a wooden spoon, press a divot into the center of each cookie. Fill each divot with chocolate-hazelnut spread.
Bake for 20 mins. Cool on trays. Dust cookies with sifted cocoa powder before serving.