Cosmic Brownie Cookies

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Cosmic Brownie Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup

butter, room temp
1 1/2 cups (318g)

light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup (106g)

granulated sugar
1 teaspoon

baking powder
3/4 teaspoon

salt
1/2 teaspoon

baking soda
2

eggs, large
1 tablespoon

vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups (390g)

all-purpose flour
2/3 cup (57g)

dutch-process cocoa powder
1/2 cup

heavy cream
1 1/2 cup (255g)

semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350F

Step 2

2. Cream butter, sugars, baking powder/soda, and salt until light and fluffy, 1-2 mins

Step 3

3. Add the eggs and vanilla. Mix until well combined

Step 4

4. Add the flour and cocoa powder. Mix until evenly combined with no dry streaks

Step 5

5. Scoop cookie dough into 2-tablespoon size balls and roll until smooth. Place on baking sheet a couple inches apart

Step 6

6. Bake for 10-11 minutes. Cookies should be slightly set on edges and a little jiggly in the center

Step 7

7. Remove from oven. Use a flat-bottomed glass to slightly flatten the tops of the cookies

Step 8

8. Let cool for ~5 mins on baking pan, and then transfer to cooling rack to finish cooling

Step 9

9. Make the ganache: add the chocolate chips to a bowl

Step 10

10. Heat heavy cream until steaming and bubbles start to form around the edge. Add heavy cream to chocolate chips, pushing down chocolate chips to submerge

Step 11

11. Let sit for 2-3 minutes, and then whisk until smooth and glossy

Step 12

12. Let ganache cool for 5-10 minutes

Step 13

13. Spread ganache topping on cookies and decorate with appropriate sprinkles

Additional Notes

I usually weigh my cookie dough balls. Using 60g balls I got about 20 cookies worth. The recipe says yield 36 so maybe 60g was a little too much.

Otherwise made as written. Recipe notes that the cookies are even better after chilling in the fridge - and they indeed are!

Cosmic Brownie Cookies

Cosmic Brownie Cookies

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