Gingerbread-Brownie Cookie Sandwiches
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients:
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 9 oz chocolate
- ½ cup Purecane™ Brown Sweetener
- ⅓ cup Purecane™ zero-calorie Baking Sweetener
- 3 large eggs (room temperature)
- 1 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ cup dutch process cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Filling Ingredients:
- ¾ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 2 cups Purecane™ Confectioners Sweetener
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup gingerbread cookies (finely crushed)
Directions
Make Your Brownie Cookie Dough:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the eggs, Purecane™ Brown Sweetener , Purecane™ zero-calorie Baking Sweetener and vanilla until creamy (about 1-2 minutes).
- In the meantime, place the chocolate and olive oil in a double boiler until 3/4ths is melted.
- Keeping the stand mixer on a low speed, carefully pour the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture. Continue whisking on low speed.
- In the meantime, mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
- Gradually sift the flour mix into the stand mixer bowl to form the brownie cookie dough.
- If the batter is too loose, place it in the fridge to chill for 10 minutes.
- Using a cookie scooper or measuring out .08 oz dough balls, bake 1" apart on the prepared baking pan for 8-10 minutes.
- Then let cool on the pan for 5 minutes before cooling completely on a wire rack.
Prepare Your Frosting:
9. Make the frosting while your cookies are cooling; simply beat the butter until creamy at medium speed (about 1-2 minutes).
10. Add the Purecane™ Confectioners Sweetener and continue to beat with the handle attachment for 10-20 minutes. The filling should be light and fluffy. Fold in the vanilla and finely crushed gingerbread cookies.
11. Transfer the frosting to a piping bag to make the cookie sandwiches. Drizzle with dark chocolate and top with more crushed gingerbread cookies.
12. Enjoy!
