Pumpkin Nutella Cookie Bars

Do you remember how pumpkin is amazing and cookies, oh cookies, I love cookies and Nutella. Nutella in anything makes it better. All together baked into a delicious bar. Crispy on the outside, a sweet chewy cookie, and smooth creamy Nutella in the middle. Oh. My. Gosh. I Love it. Its a great fall treat!

Pumpkin Nutella Cookie Bars

1/2 cup Butter, melted
1/3 cup Pumpkin Puree
3/4 cup Brown Sugar, packed
1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
1 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
3/4 cup Nutella

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9x9 baking dish.

2. In the bowl of a stand mixer combine the melted butter, pumpkin puree, and both sugars. Beat until smooth. Add in egg yolk, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and vanilla and mix to combine. Add in the flour and mix until its smooth.

3. Divide the batter in half and press half into your prepared pan. Bake for 8 minutes.

4. Melt the Nutella in the microwave until its runny. Pour over the crust when you take it out of the oven. Spread so it evenly covers the crust.

5. With the rest of the dough, make little patties in your hand and place them on top of the Nutella, using all of the dough. It may not cover all of it but thats ok. Bake for 17-19 more minutes. Let cool completely before cutting.

Recipe Slightly adapted from: Crazy for Crust

Biscoff Pinwheels and Secret Recipe Club

I am excited about my post for this months Secret Recipe Club! The blog I had this month was... Its Good To Be The Cook. Beth is the author of Its Good To Be The Cook, she's from just outside Philadelphia and has a degree in Communications(Film/Video). She grew up helping her mom prepare meals for her family and because of it she has a passion for cooking, eating, and traveling. She loves movies, baseball, and neddlepoint too! But she has so many great recipes on her blog that it was so hard to choose and you know me, I'm a sucker for a dessert so I picked her Cookie Butter Pinwheels. 

I was skeptical because how could making cookies with Crescent rolls be good, but I'm always up for trying something new, so I tried and I couldn't believe how easy it they were. And in the end how delicious they were. I mean who can say no to some Biscoff or Nutella. I made half of mine with Biscoff and half with Nutella. They were both delicious. The glaze on the Biscoff ones has cinnamon in it and the Nutella glaze doesn't. 

Go over to Its Good To Be The Cook and find something delicious for yourself!!

Biscoff Pinwheels
Recipe Source: Its Good To Be The Cook

1 regular can Crescent Rolls
1/2 cup Biscoff Spread or Nutella
1 cup Powdered Sugar
2 Tablespoons Milk
1/2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

1. Lay out a piece of saran wrap and unroll your crescent dough so its flat and press your seams together.

2. Spread the Biscoff or Nutella over the dough until its about a 1/4 inch from the edge. With the help of your saran wrap roll up your dough tightly, lengthwise. Leave the wrap around it and put it in the freezer for about an hour.

3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place parchment paper or a silpat mat on a cookie sheet. Unroll the saran wrap and slice the dough into 1/4 inch wide cookies. Place the cookies on the cookie sheet and bake for about 10 minutes, or until golden.

4. While the cookies are cooling make the glaze. Combine the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon, don't add the cinnamon if your cookies are made with Nutella. Whisk together and pour over your cookies. Let them set for about 20 minutes before eating.

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Nutella Muddy Buddies

There is something about Nutella... It might be that I can have a chocolate sandwich and my kids think I'm having peanut butter and jelly just like them for lunch. Or it might be that its just delicious and its even better on cereal covered in powdered sugar.

Nutella Chex Mix
Recipe Source: GirlPlusFood.net

3 cups Corn Chex
1/2 cup Nutella
1/4 cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
1/2 teaspoon Shortening
1/2 cup Powdered Sugar

1. In a medium bowl place the chex. In a small heat proof bowl put the nutella, chocolate chips, and shortening. Melt in the microwave stirring every 30 seconds until melted. Pour over the chex and mix until covered.

2. In a gallon size ziploc bag put the powdered sugar and nutella covered chex. Shake until combined.