Brownie Cookie Sandwich

For Cookies Place chocolate and butter in a bowl and heat over a double boiler on medium heat. Stir often as the chocolate and butter melt. Once melted, remove from heat and stir until smooth. Pour the melted chocolate and butter mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and allow to cool slightly.

In a separate bowl, whisk together flours, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

Once the chocolate mixture has cooled slightly, add the eggs, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Mix on medium low speed until well combined. Add the vanilla and stir to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the chocolate mixture and mix the flour is fully incorporated. Do not over mix.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

Use a small cookie scoop to measure out cookie dough. Place the cookie dough balls on the prepared cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart.

Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are set and the center of the cookies begin to puff and crack slightly. Do not over bake.

Remove the cookies from the oven and and while the cookies are warm, use the inside arch of a fork to nudge the edges of the cookie in toward the center or swirl a round cookie cutter around the outside if the cookies to form the cookies into uniform rounds. Cool on the baking sheet for 8-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely before assembling the sandwiches.

For the frosting I use my own buttercream recipe: Soften 4 sticks of butter, beat for 2-3 minutes with electric mixer until creamy. Slowly add in half of the powdered sugar. Add the vanilla and heavy whipping cream. Mix in the rest of the powdered sugar until smooth. Add more cream if frosting is too thick.

To make the sandwiches, pipe a swirl of cookie dough buttercream onto the flat side of one cookie. Top with the flat side of another cookie and gently press together. Place cookie sandwiches in the refrigerator to set if needed. Serve chilled or room temperature.