Dear Vanilla Bean,
I understand you are upset. You feel I lured you out of of your precious little vial with promises of stardom when really I knew all along you were just playing a supporting role.
Well, maybe that’s a little true. But no one else could have played that role quite as well as you.
Baby, you know I love you. Remember the buttercream? And the shortbread? Yeah, we really had some fun. And we’ll have good times again soon, I promise.
You’re right, it was wrong to mislead you. But you can’t really blame me, can you? I mean, how can something so wrong feel so right? It can’t, can it?
Besides, I didn’t think you’d mind helping Nutella out. It’s his day, after all.
And anyway, you still got top billing.
Yours always,
-P
World Nutella Day is hosted by Ms Adventures in Italy
and Bleeding Espresso.
Vanilla bean-Nutella sandwich cookies
(adapted from How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman)
In honor of World Nutella Day, I made sandwich cookies. I knew the cookies needed to be good but not overshadow the glories of Nutella. So I give you a simple sugar cookie flavored lightly with vanilla bean. These cookies are soft and almost cakey.
Makes about 12 sandwich cookies
4 tablespoons or 1/2 stick butter, softened
scant 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
seeds of 1/2 vanilla bean
1 egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon milk
Nutella
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla extra, vanilla bean, and egg. Mix well.
- Add half of the dry ingredients. Then add the milk followed by the rest of the dry ingredients.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoon onto a baking sheet (lined with parchment or silpat, lightly greased otherwise). Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the bottoms are golden brown.
- Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before moving them to a rack to cool completely.
- Match up like-sized cookies. Spread as much Nutella as you think is reasonable onto one cookie (I’m not going to judge you) and sandwich with the second cookie.
- Eat and enjoy.
Happy Nutella Day!
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Ooh, do these look good! I made your biscuits today! Yummy! Keep the good stuff coming.
I’m so glad I found your blog thru Diane’s workshop. Your pictures are amazing… and the recipes sound so yummy I think I’d want to try them even without the mouth watering pics! I left you a little “pass it along award” on my blog tonight.
What a funny post!
:)
ButterYum
These look amazing. I love my Nutella:)
I missed Nutella day!? NOOOOOOOOooooooooooo. However, these look amazing. You’re my hero.