a weighty matter
I am 15 days into the last year of my 5th decade on this planet. It is shocking that I have lived this long without a food scale! My favorite youngest daughter and her family gave it to me for my birthday. I used it for the first time this morning while baking these delectable Brownie Crinkle Cookies by The Farmer’s Daughter. I was hesitant to make them before because, and I quote “Please note that using a kitchen scale and grams is truly the best way to bake, especially with flour!” She is not wrong. I am over the moon with how perfectly they turned out!
brownie crinkle cookies
ingredients:
1 heaping cup (200g) dark chocolate (around 65–70% cocoa solids), chopped into chocolate chip-sized pieces
1/2 cup (125g) unsalted butter, diced
2/3 cup (150g) granulated sugar
1/2 cup (100g) light brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
1 cup (130g) plain flour
3 tbsp (22g) cocoa powder (dutch processed)*
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
optional: flaked salt for decorating*Use dark chocolate that has at least 70% cocoa content due to the reduced sugar content compared to lower cocoa chocolate
I used these from my local Smith’s Food and Drug.
directions:
As stated above timing is super important for these cookies, so be sure that your oven is preheated to 350 degrees F, your baking trays are lined with parchment or silpat mats, and all of the ingredients are measured out. The batter thickens incredibly quickly, so you want to get the cookie dough onto the pans and into the oven as quickly as possible. If you have a giant pan, or can fit two pans in your oven without stacking them, then cook them all in one batch, as that’s ideal for getting the best, shiny, crinkle tops. Otherwise, scoop all of the cookies immediately, and then bake the pans separately.
In a small saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate together on low heat, stirring constantly. This can also be done by using a double boiler if you’re worried about burning the chocolate. Once melted, set aside.
In a large bowl, use the whisk attachment for your stand or hand mixer, and whisk together eggs and both sugars on medium-high for exactly 5 minutes. Reduce speed and slowly pour in chocolate mixture. Mix until combined.
In a medium bowl, mix together the dry ingredients together. Switch from a whisk to a paddle attachment on your mixer, and slowly add dry ingredients to the wet. Mix until ingredients are just barely combined. Use a spatula to scrape down sides and bottom to ensure all of the ingredients are incorporated. Use an ice cream scoop, or simply a spoon, to drop large balls of dough onto your prepared pans. Now, the dough will be pretty gooey, and should look similar to brownie batter. It should be wetter than your average cookie dough, but shouldn’t spread too much on your pan. Leave a few inches between each cookie as they will spread quite a bit. Sprinkle with flaked salt, and immediately place in the oven.
Bake for 10–12 minutes. The cookies should come out of the oven crinkled and domed and will collapse a bit as they cool. This makes for the fudgy, delicious centers. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking trays for at least 20 minutes since they’ll be very soft and will break if you move them prematurely.
These are best served slightly warm on the first day but will keep several days in an airtight container, or for several weeks in the freezer.
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