Mint Capped Brownie Cookie Cups Recipes

CHOCOLATE-MINT COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well., Shape into 1-in. balls; place in paper-lined miniature muffin cups. Bake until set, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks. Cool completely., Place chocolate chips in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Refrigerate until ganache reaches a piping consistency, about 20 minutes. Pipe over cookies. , In a microwave-safe bowl, melt white baking chips at 50% power 1 minute; stir until smooth. If desired, tint with green food coloring. Pipe over tops.

MINT CAPPED BROWNIE COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Pop kisses into the freezer while prepping the dough.
• Heat oven to 350.
• Line 48 small muffin cups (1 3/4" in diameter) with paper or foil cups.
• Beat butter, sugar, water and vanilla in large bowl with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.
• Add eggs, beat well.
• Stir together flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda. Gradually add to sugar mixture, beating on low speed just until blended.
• If necessary, refrigerate dough until firm enough to handle.
• Shape dough into 1 inch balls and pop into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake 11-13 minutes or until cookie surface is set. Cookies will appear soft and moist, do not overbake.
• Cool 5 minutes on wire rack.
• Press chocolate into center of each cookie and cool completely.
• Sprinkle each cookie with powdered sugar.

CHOCOLATE MINT BROWNIE COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt 3/4 cup morsels in small saucepan over lowest possible heat.
• When morsels begin to melt, remove from heat; stir Return to heat for a few seconds at a time, stirring until smooth.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
• Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla in large mixer bowl until creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in melted chocolate.
• Gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Stir in remaining morsels and if desired, nuts.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoons on to ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven for 8 to 12 mintues or until sides are set but centers are still soft.
• Let stand for 2 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely.

PEPPERMINT BROWNIE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Put chocolate and ¼ cup/21 grams cocoa powder in a small heatproof bowl or glass measuring cup. Melt butter in a skillet or saucepan over medium-low heat until bubbly but not browned, and pour over the chocolate. Without stirring, let the mixture sit so the residual heat can melt the chocolate thoroughly while you whip the eggs and sugar.
• Put the eggs, both sugars and the salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Whisk on medium-high speed until the mixture is pillowy and the sugars have begun to dissolve, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Stir the chocolate mixture until glossy and smooth. If any solid pieces remain, you can microwave the mixture in 10-second bursts until everything is melted.
• With the mixer on low speed, add the peppermint extract and then the chocolate mixture. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula, then add the flour and remaining ¼ cup/21 grams cocoa, and mix on low until a few streaks of flour and cocoa remain. Use the spatula to finish folding in the dry ingredients to avoid overmixing. The dough will be looser than traditional cookie dough but not as thin as brownie batter.
• Use a ¼-cup cookie scoop or measuring cup to scoop 12 (2-ounce) balls of batter onto the prepared sheets and bake. After 10 minutes, take the sheets out of the oven and bang them once on the counter to create a craggy surface and dense texture. Sprinkle a bit of crushed peppermint candy in the center of each cookie and return to the oven for another 2 minutes.
• Let cool completely on the baking sheets. The cookies will keep for 4 days in an airtight container at room temperature.