Chocolate Lava Cake Cookies
Difficulty: EasyServings
9
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
10
minutesThese chocolate lava cake cookies are so good and easy to make. A gooey ganache center with chocolate frosting on top. Drizzled with more chocolate ganache. Only 10 minutes to bake and enjoy!
Ingredients
- Chocolate Ganache:
* 1/2 cup chocolate chips
* 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream- Chocolate Cookies:
* 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
* 1/2 tsp baking powder
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 1 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
* 2/3 cup light brown sugar
* 1/3 cup granulated sugar
* 2 egg yolks, room temp
* 1 tsp vanilla @singingdogvanilla- Frosting:
* 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
* 3 cups powder sugar
* 1/2 cup cocoa powder
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 3 tbsp heavy cream
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. First make chocolate ganache by warming up milk and combining it with the chocolate chips. Stir till smooth and put in fridge while making cookies.
- Make cookies by combining flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Combine butter, sugars and beat for a few minutes till fluffy. Add in egg yolks and vanilla extract. Add in dry ingredients and beat till cookie dough forms.
- Take ganache out of the fridge and scoop into small balls (make 9 balls and save remaining of ganache to melt later to drizzle on top of cookie). Place ganache balls in freezer.
- 5Make cookie dough balls using ice cream scooper. This makes 9 large cookies. Press cavity down to place the ganache ball in the center and roll ball together. Bake for 10 minutes. Take cookies out and make frosting while cookies cool.
- Combine butter, powder sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract and heavy cream and beat till smooth. Pipe frosting on cookie and drizzle with remaining ganache.
Recipe Video
