Brownie Cookies
This is our daughter's first cookie recipe! She read the instructions, measured ingredients, stirred, scooped, and helped put them in the oven. We varied the recipe from a great chocolate cookbook we received from our generous neighbors—leaving out the nuts. The cookies are wonderfully chocolatey and brownie-tasting, and they are simple enough for a 6 year old to make! Originally served as part of: Leftovers and Kid Cookies.
Ingredients
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (divided)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (packed)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
We begin by preheating the oven to 350°. In a large microwaveable glass bowl, we combine 1 cup of the chocolate chips with the butter. We put the bowl in the microwave and cook on high power for 1 minute. We stir with a spoon, it is almost all melted, so we set aside to finish melting while we line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
We stir the cocoa into the bowl until it is well mixed. We break an egg into a cup, whisk a little with a fork, and add to the bowl. We repeat with the other egg, add the vanilla extract and sugar, and beat the mixture well with the fork. The mixture is nice and shiny.
We stir in the flour and baking powder. We are not too rigorous at this point so the batter does not get "tough". We just stir until all the flour is incorporated. Finally, we stir in the remaining chocolate chips.
Using our cookie scoop, we drop the batter onto the parchment lined cookie sheets, leaving space around them. We fit 15 cookies at a time on our cookie sheets. We place in the oven and bake for 9-10 minutes. We want the tops cracked. We remove the pans from the oven and set aside on trivets for 5 minutes to set. Then, they are removed to wire racks to cool completely.
We make 54 cookies, but some are rather small!
Ingredients
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (divided)
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (packed)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Heat the oven to 350°F. Microwave 1 cup of the chips with the butter in a large glass bowl 1 minute, stir, and let it finish melting while you line two cookie sheets with parchment.
Kid job
Stir in the cocoa. Beat each egg lightly in a cup and add it, then the vanilla and sugar, and beat well with a fork until shiny.
Kid job
Stir in the flour and baking powder just until mixed, so the batter doesn’t get tough. Stir in the rest of the chips.
Kid job
Drop scoops of batter onto the parchment with a cookie scoop, about 15 per sheet, with room around them.
Grown-up
Bake 9 to 10 minutes, until the tops crack. Let them set on trivets 5 minutes, then cool on racks. Makes about 54, some small.