Soft and pillowy buns filled with Nutella is the most decadent and delicious treat. You will love these warm Nutella bombs with the creamy chocolatey hazelnut center.
The Nutella bombs are perfect for anytime of the day whether its morning breakfast or you are just looking for a sweet treat. They are so irresistible it’s hard to stop yourself at one only.
Ingredients for Nutella Bombs
The ingredients you require to make these Nutella stuffed buns are:
Plain Flour
Yeast – I used instant yeast, doesn’t require proofing.
Butter – unsalted butter softened at room temperature.
Sugar – caster sugar
Eggs – you will need 1 egg for the dough. And one yolk to brush it on the buns before baking.
Nutella – you can also use any other chocolate hazelnut spread.
How to Make Nutella Bombs
Prepare the Dough – I used stand mixer to make the dough as its a bit sticky dough. You can use a wooden spoon or hands too. Add flour, sugar, yeast and egg, mix at low speed. Gradually add warm milk, when dough starts to form add butter. Continue to mix until butter is combined well. Cover the bowl with cling and rest it in the warm place. Allow the dough to rise.
Prepare Nutella balls – While dough is rising spoon a teaspoon of Nutella on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Chill it in the freezer for an hour so the Nutella is hard and frozen.
Assemble the balls – dust some flour on a clean surface. Knead the dough lightly and roll it using a rolling pin. Use cookie cutter to cut round
Put frozen nutella in the middle, seal the dough around it.
Bake – Place it in the tray and brush it with egg yolk and bake for 15-20 mins.
Watch How to Make Nutella Bombs
Tips to Make the Dough Rise Perfectly
The secret to fluffy and soft buns is the dough. In summers it’s not difficult, the dough rises easily but in winters it becomes a bit challenge.
You can use your oven to make the dough rise perfectly. Even in summers it helps you achieve best results in short time. Preheat oven to 100C for 10 minutes and then turn the oven off. Put the prepared dough in the oven.
The dough will rise and double up in the size in around 1.5 hr.
Variations for Filling
If you are not a chocolate lover you can use some other fillings too. Biscoff spread, peanut butter, almond butter is some of the options for filling.
Other Sweet Treats to Try
Best Ever Cinnamon Rolls
Apple Turnovers
Baklava
Nutella Bombs
Ingredients
- 350 g Flour
- 45 g Caster Sugar
- 5 g Dry Yeast
- Nutella Spread
- 1 Egg + 1 Egg Yolk
- 200 ml Milk + 1 Tbsp
- 40 g Softened Butter
- Icing Sugar for Dusting
Instructions
- In a stand mixer bowl add flour, dry yeast, caster sugar and egg. On a slow speed starting mixing and gradually add warm milk.
- Once the dough starts to come together add softened butter. Mix until combined.
- At this stage the dough will be sticky. Cover it with cling wrap and place it in the warm place for couple of hours. The dough will rise and double in volume.
- Line a tray with baking tray and spoon a teaspoon of Nutella. Put in the freezer for around an hour. The Nutella will freeze.
- Sprinkle some flour on a clean surface. Take the dough out and gently knead it. Sprinkle some flour if its sticky.
- Once the dough is smooth, spread it with finger and using the rolling pin roll the dough. It should be 1 inch thick.
- Using a round cookie cutter cut round pieces. Put the Nutella ball in the middle. Seal the dough and shape it.
- Put it in a baking tray in a bowl whisk egg yolk and milk. Bursh it over the buns.
- Preheat oven at 180 ℃ .
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until buns are golden at the top. Allow them to cool down slightly and dust them with icing sugar.
