Calabrisella Mia

Here’s what you need:

Ingredients:
200 grams flour
113 grams unsalted butter
3 egg yolks
60 grams Philadelphia cream cheese

For the filling and topping:
Nutella
Icing sugar

Here’s what you do:

Combine the flour and butter until the mixture comes together. You can use a food processor or, as I did, a fork – it will be crumbly.

In a separate bowl mix the egg yolks and cream cheese. Then, add the flour/butter mixture to your wet ingredients and combine until it forms a dough.

Shape the dough into small balls (you should be able to get about 24) and cover them with some plastic wrap. Let the dough chill in the fridge for about an hour. This will firm up the dough and make it easier to work with when we add the filling and roll them up.

Now it’s time to add the filling!

Roll out the ball into a thin circle on a lightly floured surface so it doesn’t stick.
(I mixed together one tablespoon of flour and one tablespoon of sugar to use on my rolling surface – it works the same as just flour but gives it a bit of extra sweetness).

Drop some Nutella into the center and then roll the dough into a crescent shape.

The best way to do this is to fold the circle just over 3/4 of the way up, press down along the edges to seal it, and then roll over again and pinch the edges as you form it into a crescent.

Place the crescent shape cookies with the seam side down on your non-stick baking tray. It’s also a good idea to pinch the seam closed, or dab a bit of water to seal it as best you can. Some of my cookies puffed up in the oven and the seam opened a bit, causing the cookie to lose its original shape.

Bake at 180C (350 F) for about 10-15 minutes or until they are slightly golden.

Let them cool down a bit before rolling them in some powdered sugar.

Voila, Nutella Crescent Cookies!

If you happen to have leftovers, you can store them in an airtight container in a cool place for about a week.

Let me know if you try this recipe, and check out some other Nutella-inspired recipes I’ve featured on my blog for World Nutella Day in the past:

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