Brownie Cookies with Mascarpone Filling

ingredients for 18-20 sandwich cookies

• 200gr dark chocolate (72% cocoa)
• 140gr dark chocolate
• 40gr butter
• 2 eggs
• 140gr sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 40gr all purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 250gr mascarpone cheese
• 250gr cream cheese
• 2 Tbsp powdered sugar
• zest from 1 orange

instructions

Melt 200gr chocolate with butter in a sauce pan.
Chop 140gr chocolate.

Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla extract in the mixer with a whisk attachment for 10 minutes until pale and creamy.
Add melted chocolate with butter, flour, baking powder, chopped chocolate and mix with a spoon. Set aside for 10 minutes.

Preheat oven to 180C.
Line a pan with parchment paper and drop small tablespoons of the mixture.

Bake for 10 minutes until cracked. Let cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then tranfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

To make the filling, mix mascarpone, cream cheese, powdered sugar and orange zest.

Spread one tablespoon of the filling on underside of a brownie cookie and cover with another one to make a sandwich.
Place cookies in the refridgerator, covered with plastic wrap, to let the cream harden.