Mini Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Serves: 4
Carole Volkman
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
48
Spice
51
Sweetness
36
Sourness
47
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.7
Difficulty
Ingredients:
2 cups
All-Purpose Flour1 tsp
Salt2 cup
Sugar2 large
Egg2 large
Egg Yolk1 cup
Confectioners SugarDirections:
1
Make cookies: Whisk together flour and salt in a bowl until combined
2
Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes in a stand mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 4 minutes with a handheld
3
Add whole eggs, yolks, and chocolate, beating until combined
4
Reduce speed to low, then add flour mixture and mix until combined well
5
Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F
6
Drop 1/2 teaspoons of batter 1 inch apart on 2 ungreased baking sheets
7
Bake, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are puffed up, 7 to 8 minutes total, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely
8
Cool baking sheets and make more cookies with remaining dough on cooled sheets
9
Whisk together flour and salt in a bowl until combined
10
Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes in a stand mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 4 minutes with a handheld
11
Add whole eggs, yolks, and chocolate, beating until combined
12
Reduce speed to low, then add flour mixture and mix until combined well
13
Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F
14
Drop 1/2 teaspoons of batter 1 inch apart on 2 ungreased baking sheets
15
Bake, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are puffed up, 7 to 8 minutes total, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely
16
Cool baking sheets and make more cookies with remaining dough on cooled sheets
17
Make filling: Whisk together eggs, confectioners sugar, butter, and chocolate in top of a double boiler or a large metal bowl set over a pot of simmering water and cook, whisking, until a thermometer registers 170°F
18
Remove top of double boiler (or bowl) from pot and set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water, then stir occasionally until cold
19
Remove from ice water and beat with cleaned beaters at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes
20
Whisk together eggs, confectioners sugar, butter, and chocolate in top of a double boiler or a large metal bowl set over a pot of simmering water and cook, whisking, until a thermometer registers 170°F
21
Remove top of double boiler (or bowl) from pot and set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water, then stir occasionally until cold
22
Remove from ice water and beat with cleaned beaters at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes
23
Fill cookies: Spread 1/2 teaspoon filling on flat side of 1 cookie, then place flat side of a second cookie over filling to form a sandwich
24
Fill remaining cookies in same manner
25
Spread 1/2 teaspoon filling on flat side of 1 cookie, then place flat side of a second cookie over filling to form a sandwich
26
Fill remaining cookies in same manner