This Nutella-filled heart sugar cookies recipe is perfect for Valentine’s Day.
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These Nutella-filled heart-shaped sugar cookies are a dreamy twist on classic Linzer cookies—perfect for Valentine’s Day when you want to show some extra love!
Buttery, tender sugar cookie sandwiches with a generous dollop of creamy, chocolate-hazelnut Nutella, with the top heart cookie dusted with powdered sugar and featuring a sweet little cutout window that lets the rich filling peek through like a delicious secret. These Nutella Linzer Heart cookies are elegant yet indulgent, and feel a little more decadent than traditional jam-filled cutout cookies, and are guaranteed to make hearts (and taste buds) flutter.
Whether you’re baking for your sweetheart, Galentine’s brunch, or just treating yourself, these beauties bring the perfect mix of cute and crave-worthy.
Nutella Heart Cookie Substitutions:
Nutella – If you wish to make these for your child’s class party, check the school’s policy on bringing in food containing nuts. If you wish, you can substitute chocolate frosting for the Nutella.
Prep-Ahead Sugar Cookie Tip:
The cookie dough needs to chill for at least one hour, but can chill for longer. So go ahead and make the cookie dough the day before you plan to bake the cookies.
Nutella-Filled Heart Sugar Cookies Recipe
Yields: 7-10 sandwich cookies with a Nutella filling, depending on the size of your cookie cutters.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour + extra for rolling
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Nutella/hazelnut spread
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar, sifted
Tools Needed:
1 heart-shaped cookie cutter, about 2 ½ inches at its widest portion
1 miniature heart-shaped cookie cutter, about 1 inch in size
Directions:
- In a large bowl, cream together granulated sugar and egg.
- Add butter and vanilla to the egg mixture and mix thoroughly.
- In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Mix until cookie dough forms.
- Wrap cookie dough in plastic and refrigerate for one hour.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Dust some flour on a clean working surface as well as on a rolling pin. Roll out chilled cookie
dough until it’s about ¼ of an inch thick. - Cut out 14-20 heart-shaped cookies with larger heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place each one
gently on lined baking sheets. - Using the miniature heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out a small heart in the center of half of
the heart-shaped cookies.
- Bake for 7-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool down.
- Place the cookies with the miniature heart-shaped cavity on a separate pan and use a sifter to
sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar. - Using an offset spatula, spread Nutella on the large heart cookies, taking care not to spread all
the way to the edges. - Place one sugar-covered cookie on top of one Nutella-covered cookie. Repeat for all the cookies.
Printable Recipe for Nutella-Filled Sugar Cookies Recipe
Nutella-Filled Heart Sugar Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- 1 heart-shaped cookie cutter, about 2 ½ inches at its widest portion
- 1 miniature heart-shaped cookie cutter, about 1 inch in size
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour + extra for rolling
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Nutella or hazelnut spread
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar sifted
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream together granulated sugar and egg.
- Add butter and vanilla to the egg mixture and mix thoroughly.
- In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Mix until cookie dough forms.
- Wrap cookie dough in plastic and refrigerate for one hour.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Dust some flour on a clean working surface as well as on a rolling pin. Roll out chilled cookie dough until it’s about ¼ of an inch thick.
- Cut out 14-20 heart-shaped cookies with larger heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place each one gently on lined baking sheets.
- Using the miniature heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out a small heart in the center of half of the heart-shaped cookies.
- Bake for 7-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool down.
- Place the cookies with the miniature heart-shaped cavity on a separate pan and use a sifter to sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar.
- Using an offset spatula, spread Nutella on the large heart cookies, taking care not to spread all the way to the edges.
- Place one sugar-covered cookie on top of one Nutella-covered cookie. Repeat for all cookies.
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