Chocolate Filled Butter Cookies

Name: Chocolate Filled Butter Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; a pinch salt; 1 cup + 1 tbsp (2 + 1 tbsp) unsalted butter (softened); 1¼cup confectioners' sugar (sifted); 2 eggs; 1 egg yolk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 8 oz dark chocolate (chopped); ⅔cup heavy cream; 2 tsp cherry brandy (optional); 1 oz dark chocolate (coarsely chopped (for glaze)); 1 tsp vegetable shortening (for glaze)

Crisp-outside, soft-inside butter cookies filled with rich chocolate ganache and drizzled with chocolate sauce.

2h 30m

Easy

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Ingredients

all-purpose flour 1 cup

salt a pinch

unsalted butter (softened) 1 cup + 1 tbsp (2 + 1 tbsp)

confectioners' sugar (sifted) 1¼cup

eggs 2

egg yolk 1

vanilla extract 1 tsp

dark chocolate (chopped) 8 oz

heavy cream ⅔cup

cherry brandy (optional) 2 tsp

dark chocolate (coarsely chopped (for glaze)) 1 oz

vegetable shortening (for glaze) 1 tsp

Instructions

Chill Filling

Cover the filling bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour, or until the filling reaches frosting consistency.

Assemble Sandwich Cookies

Flip half of the cookies upside down. Scoop the chocolate filling into a piping bag fitted with a medium star tip. Pipe a rose-shaped dollop of filling onto the flat side of each upside-down cookie. Top with the remaining cookies and press gently. Arrange the cookies on a cooling rack set on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.

Make Chocolate Glaze

Heat the chocolate and shortening in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring occasionally until melted and smooth. Transfer to a small resealable plastic bag, seal the bag. Snip a small hole in one bottom corner of the bag with scissors. Drizzle the chocolate over the cookie tops in a zigzag pattern. Let the chocolate set at room temperature for about 45 minutes.