HELLO everyone! A couple of days ago, our awesome Italian neighbor Carlo who lives right above us made some homemade Cookies and Nutella which looked amaaaaaaaazing, but obviously, Miss Vegan here couldn’t try them as they contained butter so I decided to make my own Vegan version of his cookies. Wheeeee! Iran (alright, walked… I’m super unfit) to the supermarket like a lunatic at 10pm at night to get hazelnuts, vegan chocolate, vegan butter and everything else I needed and immediately got started on making these babies.

Now this Homemade Nutella Sandwich Cookies took a LOT of trial and error to perfect. I had to make both the Vegan Nutella and Vegan Cookie recipes twice. My first batch of homemade Vegan Nutella ended up way too thick and overheated my Vitamix’s motor. It was also way too pale and lacked a considerable amount of chocolate flavor. Attempt #2 was much much better, and after refining the recipe a little, I ended up with a delicious, thick and yummy Chocolate Hazelnut Spread. As for the cookies, the first batch ended up an ugly, awful, crumbly mess. Into the bin they went! But after some changes to the recipe and method, I was finally able to make nice, even-sized little Vegan Shortbread Cookies. Lesson to be learnt: always remember that if you fail, try and try again, till everything comes out just right! By the end of everything, I was DEAD TIRED and in need of a long nap. Still, it was all worth it.

If you follow my finalized recipes, you should have NO problem at all making these delicious homemade Nutella Sandwich Cookies 🙂 The Vegan Shortbread is deliciously “buttery”, isn’t too sweet and has a fine texture, not too far off from its butter-laden non-vegan counterpart. As for the Vegan Nutella – it was dark, chocolatey, rich and full of hazelnut flavor. Don’t just sandwich cookies with this amazing spread – use it on your toast, or eat it by the spoonful after a meal. It makes a delicious dessert on its own! YUMMMMM.

I gave my neighbor Carlo some of these cookies, and we are happy to say that he thoroughly enjoyed them, so bazingaaaaaaaa 🙂 They are absolutely delicious, and perfect for a mid-afternoon treat… or even for a naughty breakfast.

I’ll leave you with my recipe for these amazing Vegan Homemade Nutella Sandwich Cookies – do try making them, because when and if you do:

AND HOW COULD THAT BE A BAD THING? Enjoy!

Homemade Nutella Sandwich Cookies (V)

Crazy Vegan Kitchen

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Prep Time 1

Cook Time 25

Total Time 1 25

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Ingredients

Homemade Vegan Nutella:
80 grams Hazelnuts
140 grams Cane or Coconut Sugar
70 grams Vegan Butter or Coconut Oil
130 grams Non Dairy Milk
150 grams Vegan Dark Chocolate 70%
Vegan Shortbread Cookies:
200 grams vegan Butter salted
160 grams Icing Sugar
2 tablespoons Vanilla Bean Paste
280 grams Pastry Flour
Coarse raw sugar to sprinkle on before baking

Instructions

Make homemade Vegan Nutella:Process nuts and sugar in a food processor until everything is ground together.
In a pot, melt butter or coconut oil with plant milk and dark chocolate till everything is smooth. Add nut/sugar mixture to pot and stir well. Cook for 30 seconds or till sugar has dissolved.
If you want a smoother Nutella, you can use an immersion blender at this point to blend it smooth. Pour into a mason jar, seal and leave to cool. Store in the refrigerator.
Make Vegan Shortbread: In a bowl, using a wooden spoon, cream Vegan butter and icing sugar till just combined. Add vanilla bean paste in, and stir to mix.
Add flour into the butter mixture, and using a cutting motion, cut it into the creamed mixture. You will end up with quite a crumbly dough.
Turn everything out onto your tabletop, and very gently knead into a ball. Place ball of dough in between 2 pieces of non stick parchment paper, and roll to a 1/4 inch thickness.
Place dough, still covered in parchment, into the freezer for 15 minutes to harden slightly.
Baking and Assembling: Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
Remove dough from freezer and cut out into desired shapes. Sprinkle with raw sugar and press the sugar into the top of the cookie very gently.
Place on a parchment lined baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes, or till the edges of the cookies are light golden brown.
Remove from oven and let cool thoroughly on the baking tray.
Re roll scraps of dough to make more cookies.
Once cookies are cooled, pipe a layer of homemade nutella onto the base of one cookie and sandwich with another cookie.

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Comments

Phi @ The Sweetphi Blog says

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Wow! These cookies look amazing, anything with nutella? Sign me up!

- Levan @ CrazyVeganKitchen.com says
  
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  Phi, yes! If Nutella were a person, I'd marry him/her. No, seriously. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE NUTELLA A LIVING THING! :)
  
Thao @ In Good Flavor says

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"You get a cookie! And you get a cookie...," I love it! These cookies look as decadent as any "regular" cookie. Yummy!

- Levan @ CrazyVeganKitchen.com says
  
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  Thao, THANK YOU! We love it when someone finds our meme-usage random and funny! :) We can't help it -- we are addicted to them because they are just so ridiculous and 'postmodern nonsense'. HERE! YOU GET A COOKIE! AND ANOTHER COOKIE! And another! And a free car too!!! :)
  
Lauren says

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I want a cookie! These look outstanding, because haaaaaaay Nutella. Also can we be neighbors? This neighbor sharing cookie thing intrigues me :)

- Levan @ CrazyVeganKitchen.com says
  
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  Sure Lauren! Let's be neighbors! Random side note: wouldn't it be sooooo freakin' cool if one day people could transmit TASTE over the Internet? I mean, there are actually basic prototype technologies available that are being developed as we speak. CAN YOU IMAGINE the food blog advertising potential? It'd be CRAZY!
  
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    Sorry I meant SMELL. Not taste. But taste would be awesome too! LOL
    
Carlo says

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Absolutely delicious!!!

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  Hello neighbor! As you can see, you are very popular with our commenters, haha! Thanks for sharing your delicious creation with us!!!!!
  
Laura says

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These cookies are just so unique! Sandwich cookies with nutella. Love the concept. Perfect for that afternoon slump I get in everyday! With a cup of tea.....even better. They're so beautifully presented as well. Glad you got to do a little recipe exchange with your neighbor, I need to do that more! I love how you were able to make homemade vegan nutella, that's just mastery right there! Awesome.

- Levan @ CrazyVeganKitchen.com says
  
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  Hello Laura! Yes, I was a big fan of these! I grew up on a Nutella diet as a kid (when those little kid-sized 'tubs' were still common!) Nutella is not the healthiest thing in the world though, hence we decided to cut back on the oil (and calories!) -- and also veganise it! Thanks so much for the compliments, and it's always so nice to see you here again! :)
  
Ceara @ Ceara's Kitchen says

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I love that your neighbour brings you yummy cookies! I love sharing my latest baked treats with my neighbours as well! And these vegan nutella cookies sound so yummy! Wish I had one right now :) Pinned!

- Levan @ CrazyVeganKitchen.com says
  
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  Hey Ceara! Yes we love our neighbors (He actually commented below, haha!) We're having a vegan pizza trading session sometime next week. Helps with finishing the leftover blog food as well ;) But it's always fun to share food with others. Feels rewarding :) Levan

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