Malted Mocha Brownie Cookies

These cookies are over-the-top with the addition of espresso and malted milk powder and totally worth the extra effort to make!

If you want to top theses with Malted Milk Ball Candies, wait until they are JUST out of the oven then, while the cookies are still hot, place the crushed candies on the top. The malted milk balls do not bake up well if mixed into the batter.

Malted Mocha Brownie Cookie

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 30 cookies

Equipment

  • mixer
  • cookie sheet

Ingredients
  

Cookie Batter

  • 8 oz Bitter-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 8 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 4 Tbs Unsalted Butter
  • ¾ Cup Sugar
  • ¾ Cup Brown Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • tsp Vanilla Extract
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ¼ Cup AP Flour
  • ¼ Cup Bread Flour
  • ¼ Cup Malted Milk Powder
  • ½ tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Instant Espresso Powder

Topping

  • 1 Tbs Powdered Sugar
  • 1 Tbs Malted Milk Powder

Instructions
 

  • Either in the microwave or over a double boiler melt the chocolate and butter until smooth.
  • Whip the eggs until pale then slowly add the sugars. Continue to whip on the highest speed until thick. (about 2-3 minutes)
  • Add the melted chocolate/butter mixture to the eggs/sugar. Fold until incorporated.
  • Sift the dry ingredients then gently fold into the batter.
  • Once incorporated, transfer the batter into a shallow dish. Cover and refrigerate for a few hours to firm up.
  • Portion out into 1 oz (about 2T). Place onto a cookie sheet and freeze until frozen. Once frozen the dough is way easier to roll into uniform balls. (At this point, you can either bake them off or place them in a freezer bag for later)
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Line your cookie sheets with parchment and place cookies about 4 inches apart.
  • Bake for 18 minutes. (I bake for 10 minutes, then rotate the cookie sheet for the last 8 minutes.)
  • Once cool, sprinkle with the powdered sugar/malt topping
  • Pro Tip: The malted milk ball candies do not bake up well if mixed into the batter so instead top the cookies with the crushed cany as soon as they come out of the oven.
Keyword brownie, chocolate, cookies, espresso, malt, mocha