Have a sweet craving but can’t decide whether to go for chocolate chip cookies or decadent brownies? Meet the Brookies. A dessert made by combining a brownie and a cookie. Simple and delicious cookies that can be done in 40 minutes only!
The Ingredients:
- 8 oz of bittersweet chocolate (chopped)
- 5 tbsp of unsalted butter
- 1/2 tsp instant coffee or 2 tbsp very strong coffee (optional) 2 oz brown sugar
- 5 oz granulated sugar (increase this by 1 oz if you like the cookies a little sweeter)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1.2 oz of plain flour
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp of sea salt flakes (optional, plus extra to sprinkle on top)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions:
- Melt the butter, coffee and the chopped chocolate in a heat- proof bowl, while stirring frequently (over a bain- marie/double boiler or in the microwave). Let it cool.
- While the chocolate is cooling, mix the eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt well together using a hand-held beater. Mix the eggs for about 3-4 minutes until the eggs are thick and pale in color. This is really important to get that beautiful crackly top.
- Add the cooled chocolate to the egg mix and use the hand mix to incorporate it in to the egg mix.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder together.
- Mix the flour into the chocolate and egg mix, until just combined.
- Transfer the batter into the freezer until it’s firm but easy to scoop (about 30 minutes), or to the fridge for about an hour till firm enough to form scoops.
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Line 2 cookie trays with parchment paper.
- Use a cooking scoop to scoop the cookie batter onto the cookie trays (2 tbsp cookie scoop) – give them enough space to spread and bake.
- Bake cookies in preheated oven for 9 – 10 minutes. The cookies will look puffed up and the top will become crinkly and cracked. Cookies will flatten out as they cool.
- Remove from the oven. They will be very soft straight out of the oven, so let them cool down a little before you transfer them to a wire rack to cool down further.
