A very loved recipe on our social media, deep-dish  Nutella cookie pies. They are perfectly cooked cookies in a ramekin with a rich Nutella filling. Perfect for a movie night, to enjoy with a nice cold ice cream, or as a special treat.

This recipe was originally published in April last year, but we wanted to update some information and photography since we have recreated this recipe so many times to get it perfect ever since.

It uses almost the same recipe as our sea salt salted caramel cookies, but in a deep dish (ramekin) and filled with Nutella!

I love this recipe, especially on movie nights. It makes the perfect dinner date night with our mac and cheese recipe as well.

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Here is a list of all of the ingredients we will use. Most of them are very easy to find; you can find them at any grocery store or online. It’s very important you use a good quality chocolate chip or chocolate, as it will elevate and make this treat 10 times better.

• Unsalted butter: We are going to brown the butter for a deep caramelized, nutty flavor. I prefer using unsalted butter because we are going to add salt, and it’s good to have control over the amount of salt this dessert has.
• Sugars: a mixture of granulated and brown sugar, one is for crispy edges and the other for a chewy interior.
• Leavening agents: baking soda and baking powder.
• Vanilla: you can use paste or extract. We used paste, which is very easy to prepare at home, as long as you have a blender!
• Eggs: binding agent.
• All–purpose flour: gives structure to the cookies.
• Chocolate: milk chocolate pellets from Callebaut; you can use any other good-quality chocolate chip you love.
• Salt: enhances the flavors of any dessert and makes it taste so much better.
• Nutella: We will stuff each one of the Nutella cookie pies.

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Key points to make mini Nutella cookie pies

Key points are steps or moments in this recipe that have a delicate point, are very important, or need extra attention.

• Browning the butter, the butter can go from beautiful golden brown to burnt butter. It’s very important to keep an eye on the butter at all times to ensure it doesn’t burn.
• Refrigerating the cookie dough, you want this dough to have the most flavor, so let the flavors get to know each other. We left the cookie dough in the fridge for a whole day, you can fasten the process and use the cookie dough after one hour of refrigeration.
• Baking, don’t over-bake them. You want a chewy center with molten Nutella and a crispy exterior.

I personally LOVE the crispy edges in cookies.

Brown the butter for your cookies

A very important step that you will see is mentioned a lot online, like in our XXL cookie fries, is browning the butter, which elevates your cookies to another level. They have a nutty caramelized flavor; it’s the little extra steps that make a dessert go from good to AMAZING.

Browning butter doesn’t mean burning it; it means evaporating the water and then the milk solids toast, turning the butter into a deep golden-brown color.  It can burn very easily, so as soon as you see the butter turning golden brown, turn off the stove immediately.

How to prepare brown butter

What do we need to brown butter? A light-colored pan and a spatula to stir. And of course, butter. Optional: a sieve.

Grab a light colored large pan and place the butter. Cook the butter over medium-low heat. First, it will start to melt, after melting, it comes bubbling, that’s when you have to start paying good attention. Make sure to stir with the spatula.

It will start to turn slightly yellowish, and from that it will go to golden brown. As soon as it turns golden brown, turn off the stove. It will have a nutty caramelized aroma.

You can optionally pass it through a sieve if you have chunks at the bottom that bother you. Let the butter cool down slightly.

Mistakes people make when making brown butter: 1. Not stirring the butter. 2. Forgetting about it and burning it. 3. Using a dark pan, you won’t know when the butter is ready.

Achieve the perfect cookie dough

It’s not that complicated to create a perfect cookie dough. All you need is good-quality ingredients and technique.

Something most people know by now is that after you add the flour, you change from a whisk to a spatula. It’s very important to do so, as it will affect the cookie completely.

Start by mixing the brown butter with the sugars and salt. Add the room temperature egg and then the leavening agents and vanilla. Change from a whisk to a spatula and stir until combined. Add the chocolate chips or chocolate pellets.

Make sure the cookie dough has cooled before adding the chocolate, or it will melt and leave chocolate streaks all over the cookie dough.

Important to let the cookie dough rest before using it for a better flavor.

Best tips to make a deep-dish Nutella Cookie Pie

1. Use brown butter if possible; if you don’t use brown butter, you will have to reduce the quantity of butter used for this recipe.
2. Refrigerate the cookie dough at least 1 hour before baking. I personally recommend you refrigerate it overnight and then let it come to room temperature before building and baking.
3. Add salt to the cookie dough. If you are not used to adding salt to your desserts, start now; it will make them taste even better. Salt is not only used on savory dishes, but it’s also used on sweets to and for a good reason.
4. Make sure to refrigerate the dough slightly if it feels warm to the touch before adding the chocolate; we don’t want the chocolate to melt everywhere before we even bake it.
5. Don’t over-bake the cookie pies; they will set after they bake.
6. Don’t dig in right after they come out of the oven; they will be HOT. Let them rest for at least 10 minutes before enjoying.

Baking tools you need

• Light colored pan, for browning the butter
• Spatula, to stir the butter when browning
• Mixing bowl, you only need one to prepare the cookie dough
• Whisk, to whisk all the ingredients minus the flour.
• Silicone spatula, fold in the flour and chocolate chips, also very helpful to scrape the bowl.
• Ramekins, or any deep dish you have to bake the Nutella cookie pies.

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How to serve a mini-Nutella cookie pie

This sweet Nutella dessert is the perfect sweet treat. Have it as dessert after enjoying our quick 20-minute pasta for a quick and easy meal.

To make this dessert even better, pair it with a big ice cream scoop of your favorite ice cream. I recommend vanilla ice cream, but if you love chocolate and need more, enjoy it with a chocolate ice cream scoop.

A big glass of cold milk is highly recommended to enjoy this dessert!

Can you freeze a deep-dish Nutella cookie pie?

I recommend you freeze it before baking instead of after being baked.

Build your cookie pie like normal in your ramekin and freeze for 3 hours. After 3 hours, transfer the cookie pies into a freezer-safe container, and you can easily stack them.  I recommend you add the date of when it was prepared, the name of the food, and also the recommended cooking time. This way, you can easily identify what it is, and you also don’t need to search for the baking time before you want to put it in the oven.

When you want to bake the cookie pie, defrost it in the fridge overnight or bake it from frozen. If you are baking it from frozen, it might take slightly longer. I recommend adding 10 more minutes to the recommended baking time if you are baking it from frozen. You will know if it’s ready because the cookie pie’s top layer will become golden brown. It’s safe in the freezer for up to 3 months.

How to store a cookie pie

This recipe will give you 4 cookie pies. I recommend that you only bake as many cookie pies as you’d like to eat at the moment and save the rest to bake another time, either freeze or refrigerate. It’s good in the fridge for up to 4 days.

If you bake all of them and have leftover pies, I recommend you reheat them slightly in the oven before enjoying.

And that’s it, that’s the whole Nutella mini cookie pie recipe with all the tips and everything I know about this delicious treat! If you try this recipe, don’t forget to leave a review. We appreciate them a lot!

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