
We gave flourless chocolate cake a peanut butter and cookie cup makeover. Baked into a sweet cookie shell and drizzled with a creamy peanut butter glaze, this baked good packs both fudgy and crunchy textures into one perfect bite.
Fallen Peanut Butter Brownie Cookie Cups
Makes 12 cookie cups
Ingredients
- 4 ounces (113 grams) 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- ½ cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, cubed
- ¾ cup (192 grams) creamy peanut butter, divided
- 3 large eggs (150 grams), room temperature
- ¾ cup (150 grams) granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon (2 grams) vanilla extract
- ½ cup (43 grams) Dutch process cocoa powder, sifted
- Cookie Crust (recipe follows)
- ½ cup (120 grams) whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F (170°C). Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
- In the top of a double boiler, combine chocolate, butter, and ¼ cup (64 grams) peanut butter. Cook over simmering water, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Let cool for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs with a mixer at medium speed. Add sugar and salt in a slow, steady stream, beating until pale yellow, about 2 minutes. Fold in chocolate mixture and vanilla until combined. Fold in cocoa.
- Press 2 tablespoons (38 grams) Cookie Crust into bottoms and up sides of prepared muffin wells. Divide batter among prepared crusts (about 3 tablespoons or 50 grams each).
- Bake until tops are dry and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. (Centers will fall as they cool)
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, heat milk and remaining ½ cup (128 grams) peanut butter on high in 10-second intervals, stirring between each, until peanut butter is melted and mixture is smooth. Drizzle glaze onto cooled cookie cups.
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Cookie Crust
Ingredients
- â…” cup (150 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- â…“ cup (73 grams) firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg yolk (19 grams), room temperature
- 1 teaspoon (4 grams) vanilla extract
- 1¾ cups (219 grams) whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon (3 grams) kosher salt
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and brown sugar at medium-low speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Add egg yolk and vanilla, and beat at medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add flour and salt, and beat at low speed just until combined and dough holds together when pressed.
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