Nutella Mini-Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 5 tablespoons butter or Earth Balance
• 2 heaping tablespoons Nutella
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 generous pinches coarse salt
• 1-1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 cup Ghirardelli semi-sweet mini-chips

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. (Recipe makes one sheet of small or large cookies.)
2. Cream together the butter/Earth Balance, Nutella, sugar, vanilla, and salt. Make sure the Nutella gets well incorporated by scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.
3. Add in the egg.
4. Add in the baking soda and whole wheat flour. Then stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Scoop heaping tablespoon amounts into your palm, roll, and flatten. Place on cookie sheet. Or scoop larger amounts, roll, and flatten. Just depends on if you want big or small cookies.
6. Bake for approx. 10 minutes -- until golden brown.

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