A group of Jacob and my friends participate in a Valentine's day version of "Secret Santa." I, of course, procrastinated again this year and it is now the day after Valentine's day and I'm finally getting to work. I came across this recipe for brownie cookies late last night while I was finishing the last episodes of season 7 of Doctor Who- since we don't have BBC America, I'm now going thorough withdrawals having to wait for it to come out on Netflix. Off topic, anyways... I pinned this last night and thought it'd be a fun gift to give in addition to a bottle of her favorite whisky. So, here's to you, Leslie! I hope you enjoy the cookies!
Brownie Cookies
Ingredients
12 oz. dark chocolate
3 tablespoons butter
2 large eggs, room temperature
2/3 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Recipe makes ~20 cookies.
Directions
1. Crack eggs into large mixing bowl. Add 2/3 cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla (I used vanilla bean paste). Mix on medium for 8-10 minutes. You're final mixture should be pale and creamy in consistency.
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| 2 large eggs. |
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| Add sugar. |
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| Add vanilla (I use vanilla bean paste). |
2. While wet mixture is mixing, chop 12 oz. of dark chocolate. Divide into 7 oz. and 5 oz. portions.
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| 5 oz. chopped dark chocolate and 3 tablespoons unsalted butter. |
3. Place 7 oz. chocolate into small bowl with 3 tbsp. butter and melt in microwave. Cook for one minute, remove and stir. Then heat again in 20 second intervals until fully melted and combined. (I heated mine for 1 min 40 seconds total.) Set aside and let cool slightly.
4. After the wet mixture has finished, add flour, baking powder, melted chocolate mixture, and the 5 oz. of chopped dark chocolate. Mix thoroughly.
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What the wet mixture should look like when done mixing after ~10 minutes.
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| Add flour & baking powder. |
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| All the chocolate mixture and chunks sank to the bottom, but they're in there! |
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| Mixture will look a lot like brownie batter when it's done mixing. |
5. Remove paddle from mixer, cover bowl with plastic wrap, and place the bowl in the fridge. Allow mixture to chill for 1-2 hours or until it firms up (enough to scoop and create dough balls).
6. Preheat oven to 350F.
7. Use a cookie dough scooper or spoon to create 2-inch dough balls. Place dough on cookie sheet lined with a
silpat (I love this thing!).
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| Uncooked cookie dough mounds. |
8. Cook for 8-10 minutes until puffed up and top is cracked. Remove from oven and place cookie sheet on cooling rack. Allow the cookies to completely cool on the silpat. Store in an airtight container.
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| Remove cookies from oven when they look like this. Puffy and cracked on top. |
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| Gratuitous pictures of yummy cookies. |
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| One last one... |
Inspiration and recipe for brownie cookies found
here.
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