Description
Ganache-Stuffed Cosmic Brownie Cookies are nostalgic treats with a gourmet twist, featuring fudgy brownie-like cookies filled with smooth chocolate ganache and topped with colorful sprinkles.
Ingredients
- 3.5 oz good quality chocolate (mix of 35% milk and 57% semisweet), finely chopped
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 oz semisweet chocolate (50-60%)
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Rainbow bit chips or other sprinkles
Instructions
- Place chopped chocolate in a bowl. Heat cream until it simmers, then pour over the chocolate. Let sit for 30 seconds, then whisk until smooth. Let ganache cool and thicken to peanut butter consistency.
- Pipe or spoon ½ tablespoon mounds of ganache onto a parchment-lined tray and freeze until solid, about 30 minutes.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Melt semisweet chocolate and let cool.
- In a mixer, beat butter and sugars until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla and melted chocolate. Mix in dry ingredients until just combined.
- Chill dough for 30 minutes until firm enough to shape.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment. Divide dough into balls, flatten two for each cookie, sandwich a frozen ganache disc between them, and seal edges. Press tops into sprinkles.
- Bake for 9–11 minutes until set and puffed. While warm, swirl a cookie cutter around each for a perfect shape. Let cool on a rack after 10 minutes.
Notes
- Use fully frozen ganache and seal cookies well to prevent leakage.
- Chill dough for easier shaping.
- Customize with different chocolates or themed sprinkles.
- Swirl cookies with a cutter right after baking for perfect rounds.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 27g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
