Brownie Crinkle Cookies
These brownie crinkle cookies are the perfect combination of rich chocolate brownies with a fudgy center and chewy edges with a crinkle top that's typical of chocolate crinkle cookies! These chewy cookies are loaded with dark chocolate chips to satisfy a chocolate craving with crackly tops that will keep you coming back for more. Enjoy them over the holidays as Christmas cookies, bake them for cookie exchange parties, or keep a fresh batch stored in an airtight container for the chocolate lovers in the family!
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 oz dark chocolate chips or semi sweet, chunks
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- ½ cup flour, sifted
- ¼ cup cocoa powder, sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking powder, sifted
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Sea salt flakes for garnish, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Melt butter and chocolate chips using a double boiler method or in the microwave with small increments of time. Let cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, beat the eggs and sugars in a medium bowl on high with a handheld mixer for 4 minutes (set timer). Slowly pour in the melted chocolate mixture.
- In a separate large bowl, combine dry ingredients. Whisk to combine and add to wet ingredients gradually.
- The batter will be on the softer side and quite sticky. Quickly spoon about 1 tablespoons of batter onto cookie sheets keeping about 2 -3 inches apart.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until you see the crackly top. If you have a large oven where you can add multiple baking trays, that would be even better.
- These cookies are thin but you can easily make them thicker by scooping about 2 tablespoons of batter. They will spread more too in this case and will be bigger.
- These cookies have a crackly top with softer and chewy inside. Sprinkle sea salt flakes on top before serving.
- Let the cookies stand in the pan for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
Notes
A small amount of espresso powder or instant coffee powder can be added to the cookie dough, which will highlight the chocolate flavor in the baked cookies.
While you can freeze this cookie dough for later baking, the cookies won’t have such a crinkly top compared to freshly made and baked brownie crinkle cookie dough.
To ensure that you get a crackly top on these cookies, set a timer for 4 minutes and whip up the eggs and sugars on high speed.
While you can freeze this cookie dough for later baking, the cookies won’t have such a crinkly top compared to freshly made and baked brownie crinkle cookie dough.
To ensure that you get a crackly top on these cookies, set a timer for 4 minutes and whip up the eggs and sugars on high speed.
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