Description
These cookies are just as good as the cake, only on a smaller scale. They melt in your mouth!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened baking chocolate, broken into pieces
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ⅔ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
- ¾ cup sour cream
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (Optional)
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) with the rack in the middle position. Grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper. Sift flour
- baking soda
- and salt together.
- Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on High until chocolate melts
- about 90 seconds. Stir chocolate until smooth and set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl
- beat 1/2 cup butter
- brown sugar
- and white sugar until light and fluffy; add egg and beat until smooth. Mix in red food coloring and chocolate
- scraping the bowl down regularly
- until evenly blended
- about 30 seconds. Add half of the flour mixture
- stirring until well incorporated. Beat in sour cream and mix in remaining flour mixture. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
- Bake one sheet at a time in the preheated oven until cookies spring back when pressed
- about 9 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Whip 1/4 cup butter
- cream cheese
- and vanilla until smooth. Blend in confectioners’ sugar in 1/2 cup portions until frosting reaches the desired consistency.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 36