Cookie Butter Cookies from Kroll's Korner

Cookie Butter Cookies - made dough November 19. 2022 from Kroll's Korner 

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup cake flour

2 teaspoons cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold, cut into cubes

1/2 cup creamy cookie butter

3/4 cup brown sugar, packed

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk

1 tablespoon cookie butter emulsion

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

10 Biscoff cookies, crushed (leave some chunks)

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, cake flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter, cookie butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until well combined, 2-3 minutes, and no butter lumps remain. Add egg, egg yolk, cookie butter emulsion and vanilla extract, mixing until combined.
3. Add dry ingredients in two additions and mix on low speed after each addition until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips and crushed Biscoff cookies.
4. Portion dough into 8 large dough balls of equal size. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes.
5. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Break each dough ball in half and press the halves together with the jagged edges up. Evenly space on baking sheets. 
6. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are set and middles no longer look raw. Remove from oven and gently press Biscoff cookie chunks or halves on top if desired. Let rest on baking sheets for 15 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle with melted cookie butter if desired.

I've been wanting to make this recipe for awhile but first I didn't have cookie butter emulsion then I had to go get Biscoff cookies. The stars finally aligned and I got this together. It's similar to the cookies I've tried from Baking with Blondie in that they're meant to be huge, thick cookies and each recipe only makes a few of them. That works well for me.

For the taste test cookie, I drizzled warm, melted cookie butter over the cookie and stuffed half a Lotus Biscoff cookie into the top. So it's full-on cookie butter flavor. It bakes up as a dense cookie so it's not fluffy or cakey.

I'm not sure I like this one as much as the big, dense cookies from Baking with Blondie. It could just be this particular cookie or else I tried the taste test cookie when I was already over my sugar quota. It's good but I love cookie butter so much I think I just had high expectations.

Oh, and if you want to know where to get cookie butter emulsion, try Michaels. And don't forget to use one of their weekly coupons.