Brownie Cookie Sandwich with Peanut Butter Frosting
Ingredients
Brownie Cookie
- 1 stick / 1/2 cup / 115g unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- 10 oz / 300g dark chocolate chips (or buttons, melts or block chocolate cut into chunks)
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Peanut Butter Frosting
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar (icing sugar)
- 2.5 oz / 5 tbsp / 70g / 2/3 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup heavy cream (unwhipped pouring cream)
Instructions
- 1
Brownie Cookie - Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
- 2
Brownie Cookie - Line two baking trays with parchment / baking paper.
- 3
Brownie Cookie - Pour 1" / 2.5cm of water into a large saucepan or small pot and bring to a simmer over medium low heat.
- 4
Brownie Cookie - Place a bowl over the simmer water and melt the butter and 10oz/300g chocolate chips. Stir until smooth.
- 5
Brownie Cookie - While the chocolate is melting, place the eggs, cocoa powder and sugar in a bowl and beat for 3 minutes on high (using an electric beater or stand mixer with the whisk attachment).
- 6
Brownie Cookie - Pour 1/3 of the melted chocolate into the egg mixture and mix well, then pour the remaining melted chocolate in and mix again.
- 7
Brownie Cookie - Add the vanilla, salt and baking powder and mix until combined.
- 8
Brownie Cookie - Add the flour and mix until just combined - do not over mix.
- 9
Brownie Cookie - Fold in 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips. See image below for batter consistency.
- 10
Brownie Cookie - To make large ones like I did, drop 2 tbsp of mixture onto the baking tray, leaving 2"/5cm between each cookie. To make normal sized ones, use 1 tbsp of mixture per cookie. (Note 1)
- 11
Brownie Cookie - Bake large cookies for 15 minutes for very soft or 17 to 20 minutes for firmer cookies. Bake small ones for 10 to 12 minutes for very soft, or 15 minutes for firmer. (Either way it is still moist!)
- 12
Brownie Cookie - Allow to rest on the baking tray for 5 to 10 minutes before carefully transferring to a cooling rack.
- 13
Peanut Butter Frosting - Place all ingredients except the cream in a stand mixer bowl with the paddle attachment. Beat for 5 minutes on high, or until creamy. Scrape down the sides as you go. Add the cream then beat for a further 2 minutes, or until the frosting is fluffy.
- 14
Peanut Butter Frosting - This can also be done using a hand held beater but it will take a few minutes longer.
- 15
Assemble - Spread Peanut Butter frosting on a cookie, then sandwich with another cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies.
