Brownie Cookies
These brownie cookies are a quick and easy, bite-size cookie recipe frosted with a delicious homemade buttercream frosting, and topped with crushed chocolate cookie sprinkles.
Servings: 24 Cookies
Ingredients
Brownie Cookies
- 1 ⅓ cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup unsweetened special dark cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large egg whites
Buttercream Frosting
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 3 tablespoon milk
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- Crushed chocolate sprinkles, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease two cookie sheets.
Brownie Cookies
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix sugar, butter, honey, vanilla, and egg whites until combined. Add to the flour mixture. With your clean hands, mix dough just until blended.
- With your lightly greased hands, roll dough into approximately 1 tablespoon balls, or use a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop, and place on greased cookie sheets. Flatten each brownie cookie slightly with the back of a spoon.
- Bake just until brownies are slightly cracked, approximately 7-8 minutes. Cool cookies on a wire rack.
Buttercream Frosting
- In a medium mixing bowl, cream butter, milk and vanilla together. Gradually add powdered sugar and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Frost cool cookies and sprinkle with crushed chocolate sprinkles.