WORLD PEACE COOKIES WITH NUTELLA

World Peace Cookies and Nutella , how good is that!And throw in some Caramel too...

A tray of the World piece cookie, yeah ur rite , aint over Christmas yet , and i love it + i feel like love is soo in the air * 365....

 Dont u jus loveee the Choco chips and bits peeping thru??
I do too...

 

I know World peace cookies are like famous by now , and u must be like , hey these dont look like World peace cookies at all....well i subbed the coco powder for flour coz though i loveeee chocolate , I dont like Chocolate cookies but love cookies with chocolate in them , u get what i mean ...and these are soo good!
Made 2 World peace tart cookies , which are sooo good!
Filled with Caramel and topped with a nutella topping...

And three types , the original roll and cut ones, press into the cookie tins ones and 2 heart tartlets filled caramel and topped with a Nutella frosting!

Rebecca chose this wonderful winner and this one was one thats been on my mind for awhile , thannxx a ton Rebecca.
""these cookies are related to the sablé — a buttery shortbread, with a slightly sandy texture. The difference is that they are packed with chocolate.  The recipe comes via Dorie Greenspan from renowned pastry chef, Pierre Hermé, who can do no wrong.  He uses fleur de sel, which "surprises, delights and makes the chocolate flavors in the cookies seem preternaturally profound."  ''''

I love that these are related to the Sable , they arent as sandy , but jus as buttery and more so , chocolaty and sooo good on their own or with some vanilla coffee.

Nutella and Valentines go wonderfully well tooo....Oh though it still feels like Christmas , loveee is sooo in the air *365.

Nutella is so in 24/7, 365 days , always a hit , and yeah it makes our taste buds go round...+with some Caramel ...wowowweeee...

All good things begin with butter and here with soft Salted butter....

and creamed till smooth and nice...

Adding the sugars...

And salt , yeah salt , this is organic Himalayan sea salt , so good with little dots of pink all over...

1/4 tsp of salt makes these cookies stand apart and brings out the best in them...and instead of 1 tsp Vanilla i added 2 :-)

 Beat well till creamy...

 Subbed the coco powder for flour , here with the baking soda....

First fold it into the beaten butter with a spatula ,and then with the hand mixer , this is to save a white floury mess around...and come together pretty well too.

2 kinds of Milk choco chips , yeah those are Valrhona...love their shaped smoothness...

Yeah , those lovely chips have to be folded into the dough , i added a wee little more , incase i popped in one...

The hands are the best to bring it together , after u fold them in with a Spatula..

And then with ur hands bring it all together into one nice dough , but dont work it too muc , the less the better.

Pat one part to flatten...and cling wrap well..

And one part into a roll , and cling wrap , wrapped in a cut in the middle ,kitchen paper empty roll..

After 24 hours of refrigeration...

And u need a very sharp knife to slice it around ...

All sliced and ready to bake...

Pretty Valrhona milk chocolate chip peeping....

And Pressed in dough into heart  cookie trays. 

And the tarts too getting ready to bake....

So wonderful and good...

The World Peace COokie Put together 

The main Cookie recipe

  @ Rebecca's blog

The Caramel Filling

 Microwave around 10 kraft caramel with 3tbh lite cream, vanilla.
stir inbetween till melted and smooth.

scoop into baked shortbread tarts and bake again till a little set and let rest in the warm oven.

a pinch of sea salt or vanilla fleur de sel , is optional ,but oh so good!

The Nutella Topping

melt together in the microwave , 1 tbh bittersweet and 1tbh milk chocolate ,each, with 1 tbh Canola oil +1/2 tbh salted butter+ Vanilla.
Stir inbetween 30 secs ,till all well melted and smooth.
Add around 5tbh -7tbh Nutella and stir , the frosting will get a bit dull now , dont worry , stir well and then add another 1/2 tbh butter , till alls all smooth and glossy.
Spread atop the caramel filling or use to decorate cookies or Sandwich cookies or all of the above.

Mia's notes~~~Used salted butter instead of unsalted and it worked wonderfully.
~~~Subbed the 1/3 cup coco powder with Ap flour
~~~used a mix of Ghirardelli choco chips and Valrhona milk choco , a total of 5.4 ounces.
~~~didn chop any chocolate , coz it gets kinda chopped when u slice them.
~~~the texture of the World peace cookie tarts was on the softer side ,coz i had a thick layer , for a crisper layer , use less dough.
~~~the press in cookie hearts , were a wee bit less sandy than the sliced ones , but none were as sandy as the sables .
~~~Loved leaving the dough without the choco powder , the chocolate shines thru and the saltiness delites.
~~~these come together really fast and are fantastic


The Caramel filled Tart cookies...
Caramel is so good when paired with Nutella..

The sliced rounds , dont they look pretty ??

Ahh , a small sampling!

Oh yeah its world Nutella day and the first time Bright Morning Star is gng to be there:)

Am sending these delites to World Nutella Day , where the founders Sara from Ms. Adventures in Italy and Michelle from Bleeding Espresso declare Saturday, February 5th “World Nutella Day 2011″ – a day to celebrate, to get creative with, and most importantly, to EAT Nutella
I am linking these Nutella delites to my dear blogging pal's ,Sue's, MaKe it Mondays ,and this one is for Nutella , do add in all ur link, the linky will open for a bit...