I am so excited to share this Nutella Cookie in a Cup recipe! Nutella is pretty much heaven on earth, so to have a quick and yummy dessert in just a few minutes, well, that is even better. I’ll share the step-by-step, then the entire recipe at the end. Get ready to have a warm and decadent Nutella cookie in less than 5 minutes, using your microwave!
Start with a microwave safe mug, a tablespoon of butter and one big heaping tablespoon of Nutella. I love this picture!
Melt the butter and Nutella together in the microwave, about thirty seconds. Add two firmly pressed rounded tablespoons of brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder, a small pinch of kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract and stir together well.
Then add the yolk from one large egg, and stir again. Do not use the egg white, it makes the cookie gummy and cake like. Add 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour and stir together again.
Side note: I keep my flour in a a large container in my pantry, so I always use a whisk to aerate it before I scoop any out. This keeps it from getting too packed down, which in turn would cause you to get more flour packed into your measuring cup. To aerate your flour, simply use a whisk to stir it up in your storage container and it will be light and loose when you scoop the flour out.
Now that you have stirred in the flour, you have a nice thick cookie dough.
I crushed up some toasted hazelnuts and sprinkled them on top. You can also use peanuts, or skip a topping all together. It’s delicious either way!
Now pop it in the microwave for about a minute, more or less depending on the strength of your microwave! It will be very hot and continue to cook in the cup when you take it out, so don’t be tempted to over cook it! When you first take it out, it will be very soft, but as it cools it will get that yummy chewy cookie texture.
Nutella-y goodness is a matter of minutes. Heavenly!
Nutella Cookie in a Cup
by Melissa at No. 2 Pencil
1 tablespoon of butter
1 heaping tablespoon of Nutella
2 rounded and firmly packed tablespoons of dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
pinch of kosher salt
1 large egg yolk
1/4 cup of all-purpose flour
Start with a microwave safe mug, a tablespoon of butter and one big heaping tablespoon of Nutella.
Melt the butter and Nutella together in the microwave, about thirty seconds. Add two firmly pressed rounded tablespoons of brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder, a small pinch of kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract and stir together well.
Then add the yolk from one large egg, and stir again. Do not use the egg white, it makes the cookie gummy and cake like. Add 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour and stir together again.
Cook in microwave for about one minutes. Let cool for about a minute and enjoy!
If you like the Nutella Cookie in a Cup recipe, try my Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Cup, Peanut Butter Cookie in a Cup and Sugar Cookie in a Cup recipes too! I think you will love them!
I love nutella. I had forgotten about it until a recent spring break vacation. Let me tell you, that jar was gone sooo quickly!
Do you think that this recipe could be adapted/made with either almond flour or coconut flour for us poor celiac sufferers? I would be subbing splenda too…
I just used to love sugar cookies but now that I am sugar and grain free, all I can do is drool!
I just popped over from TT&J and I think Im in LOVE!!! Cant wait to try the pancake pops with the kids for Father’s Day & love the idea of making one cookie at a time (so the entire pan doesnt tempt us
)! My kids are NUTS for mac n’ cheese…SO excited to have found you!!
I’m drooling.
Just made this with nutella and crunchy peanut butter! Tastes like a snickers bar!