Mini Egg Cookie Cups! – Jane’s Patisserie

Mini egg cookie cups with chopped mini eggs, chocolate chips, and a whipped chocolate ganache topping… good for Easter! 

I’m barely hooked on cookie bakes, are you able to all inform?! If not… the place have you ever been! They’re by far my favorite factor to bake in the intervening time, and whenever you add in a scrumptious theme reminiscent of Mini Eggs or perhaps a topping like a whipped ganache I’m SOLD.

This recipe is a cute little deal with for Easter, that’s barely extra particular and presentable than a daily cookie, and nonetheless simply as simple to bake and luxuriate in. 

Easter Bakes

We’re effectively and actually into the easter baking season now, and I’m right here for it. I’ve what looks like countless easter bakes in my again catalogue now and I genuinely can’t sustain anymore. I simply adore any seasonal baking. 

Let’s be trustworthy now although, out of all of the Easter bakes that I’ve.. my mini egg ones are by far my hottest ones. I can by no means sustain with how fashionable they’re, and both means… I don’t become bored with them. I dread to suppose typically what number of packets of Mini Eggs I’ve no purchased for this weblog and recipe growing, nevertheless it’s price each single packet. 

My mini egg nyc cookies are considered one of my hottest recipes I’ve ever produced, together with my mini egg cheesecake, and also you all sit up for me posting them repeatedly on my social media every year, so I assumed this yr? I would like one other magnificence. I simply needed to put up one other mini egg based mostly recipe that I do know you’ll all LOVE. 

Cookie Dough

When taking a look at this recipe, I mixed the concepts of my cookie recipes reminiscent of my NYC Cookies, in addition to my caramel cookie cups which have been on my weblog for a number of years now. 

• Butter – For this form of bake, you should utilize a block butter, or a baking unfold. 
• Sugar – I went for all mild brown sugar as I just like the flavour, however you possibly can swap all or a part of it for white granulated sugar like in my different cookie bakes 
• Egg – I have a tendency to make use of medium eggs in my bakes, however you should utilize one giant egg as a substitute of on this cookie recipe
• Vanilla – Non-compulsory, however provides a scrumptious flavour. 
• Flour – Plain flour is the most effective so that you don’t get a cake like cookie 
• Elevating brokers – For these, I exploit bicarbonate of soda which is traditional for a cookie bake. Baking powder is completely different. 
• Salt – I all the time add sea salt to my cookies as a result of it’s scrumptious, however you possibly can positively depart it out, or use salted butter
• Chocolate chips – I used milk chocolate chips because it’s what I had in my cabinet, however any work effectively 
• Mini Eggs – I used extra mini eggs in comparison with chocolate chips, however I did nonetheless crush these barely 

The Tin 

When making these mini egg cookie cups, I used this 12 gap muffin tin. I needed to make the recipe as simple as doable, and utilizing a muffin tin like this was the most effective, and likewise, most individuals already personal a muffin tin. I discovered it greatest to grease every gap of the muffin tin, after which line every gap with strips of parchment paper. 

If you need, you possibly can simply do two strips of parchment paper per gap, the extra the merrier actually, and it’ll assist forestall the cookie cups getting caught as soon as they’ve been baked. The greasing additionally helps forestall this as effectively. Or, you possibly can add small circles of parchment to the bottom.

For those who needed the cookie cups to have a straighter aspect, the recipe additionally works in a 12 gap mini cake tin like this one – these will naturally have straighter sides anyway, and have a free backside to the tin so it’s simple to get the cookie cups out.

After I add the cookie dough to the tin, you possibly can press the dough down barely within the center to create a dip for in a while with the ganache, however that is elective. Naturally they’ll dip barely anyway for this.  

Whipped Ganache

When it got here to the topping of those mini egg cookie cups, I didn’t wish to use buttercream or a cream cheese frosting like I’ve utilized in cookie bakes earlier than, I needed to do one thing a bit completely different. I used to be primarily impressed by my valentines brownie I posted a number of weeks in the past, however a whipped ganache is my new habit. 

Due to the sweetness of the cookie dough, and the mini eggs, I needed to make a darkish chocolate ganache. I do know lots of people don’t like darkish chocolate, nevertheless it works to make it stability the sweetness. 

Making the ganache with equal portions of darkish chocolate and double cream, melting these collectively within the microwave, or heating the double cream in a pan on the hob and pouring over chocolate, you then depart it to set to a thick peanut butter consistency. 

Letting the ganache sit and thicken itself makes the whipping course of rather more profitable and faster, and creates a lightweight and mousse like ganache that’s a dream to pipe with. Though, be sure to make it as you’re going to pipe it, as a result of it does set rapidly. 

If you wish to make a milk chocolate ganache nevertheless, you possibly can, however you will have two elements chocolate, to 1 half cream, because the cocoa content material in milk chocolate is way decrease in comparison with darkish chocolate. 

Ideas & Methods 

• These final for 4-5+ days as soon as made
• These will freeze for 3+ months
• If you need a milk chocolate ganache, use a 2:1 ratio, as a substitute of 1:1
• The mini eggs will be swapped for many different chopped up sweets
• You need to use no matter flavour chocolate chip you need
• You’ll be able to sub the cornflour for 25g extra plain flour
• You may make these chocolate flavoured by changing 50g of flour with 35g cocoa powder 
• That is the tin I exploit
• That is the cookie scoop I used

Cookie cups

• 115 g unsalted butter/baking unfold
• 200 g mild brown mushy sugar
• 1 medium egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 275 g plain flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 100 g chocolate chips
• 150 g mini eggs (crushed)

Ornament

• 150 g darkish chocolate
• 150 g double cream
• mini eggs

• Preheat the oven to 190ºc/170ºc fan and seize a 12 gap muffin tin. 

• Grease and line with strips of parchment paper

• Add the butter and sugar to a bowl and beat collectively

• Add the vanilla and egg and blend once more

• Add the flour, bicarb, salt and cornflour and blend once more

• Add the chocolate chips and mini eggs 

• Cut up between the 12 holes, I exploit a 5cm cookie scoop, after which press into each.

• You may make a gap within the center as you press if you wish to make extra of a dip

• Bake within the oven for 14-16 minutes, after which depart to chill within the tin

• As soon as cooled, use the strips to assist take away them from the tin

• Add the darkish chocolate and cream to a bowl and soften collectively

• Depart to set to a peanut butter consistency after which whip on a excessive pace

• Pipe into the center of the cookie cups after which add mini eggs 

• These final for 4-5+ days as soon as made
• These will freeze for 3+ months
• If you need a milk chocolate ganache, use a 2:1 ratio, as a substitute of 1:1
• The mini eggs will be swapped for many different chopped up sweets
• You need to use no matter flavour chocolate chip you need
• You’ll be able to sub the cornflour for 25g extra plain flour
• You may make these chocolate flavoured by changing 50g of flour with 35g cocoa powder 
• That is the tin I exploit
• That is the cookie scoop I used

ENJOY!

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