I’m not a huge chocolate fan but I saw this recipe on Bon Appetit’s twitter awhile back for Chocolate Brownie Cookies and they looked so good and I actually do enjoy a piece of brownie that I wanted to give these a shot. Caleb and I disagree about brownies and I’m a fan of the cake-y chewy quality of brownies (though I still do love the corner pieces) and Caleb isn’t a huge fan because he likes things that are crunchy. I figured this could be a good middle ground because the cookie edges would provide a nice crunch to cake ratio.
I checked out the recipe on Bon Appetit and it was actually really surprising because there’s no flour in this cookie; it’s mostly powdered sugar and cocoa powder. No leaveners either so this is a really interesting recipe. The recipe does call for a gluten free powdered sugar which I’m not sure about because I just used the powdered sugar I had in the cupboard so that could have affected the way my cookies came out. The mixture was a little dry and took some good mixing to get to the right stage but the amount of eggs actually did hydrate everything enough with a little bit of time so I’m glad I didn’t panic and add any extra liquid to it. I baked it for 14mins rotating halfway through then I let them cool a little before removing them from the pan but to my dismay they were slightly burned on the bottom and hard to remove. I guess since they have such a high sugar content then burn pretty easily and I think they could’ve gone with a little less time in the oven. It was hard to gauge because they’re so dark to begin with and were kind of soft looking in the middle but trust me, pull them sooner rather than later. To me they seem a little too hard and overdone and I wish I baked them closer to 10-12mins but that could also be my oven. They’re very chocolatey and with the one I tried it tasted a lot like the cocoa powder but people at work seem satisfied with them and I think they go well with a cup of coffee or milk so Caleb may enjoy the crispness of them.
For me they were a little bit of a disappointment and I’d rather have a cake-y chewy brownie corner. I’m glad I tired this recipe but it’s not going to be part of my wheelhouse in the future.