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Mooncake Brownie Shortbread Cookies

A delicious Mooncake recipe with a chocolate brownie in the middle of a crispy shortbread cookie on the outside that melts with every bite.
Prep Time1 hour 45 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Asian
Servings: 8
Calories: 668kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Mooncake Mold

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour plus more as needed
  • cup cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks, softened
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 box brownie mix

Instructions

Prepare the Cookie Dough

  • Add flour, cornstarch and salt to a medium bowl, and whisk to combine. Set aside. Combine butter, granulated sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted. Cream the butter mixture on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add vanilla medium speed until well combined. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat on low speed just until combined.
  • Scrape the bowl and fold a few times to make sure everything is well combined.
  • Wrap dough in plastic wrap, flatten into a disk, and chill until firm, at least 1 hour.
    wrap dough
  • Cut dough into 8 pieces. Take one piece out and return the rest to the refrigerator.
    cut dough
  • Take each piece into a ball between your hands. One at a time, dip a ball of dough into flour and set on the work surface. Roll out into a circular shape.
    spread dough

Prepare the Brownie Balls

  • Let the brownie mix cool off where you can handle it by hand. Scoop with a spoon and form a ball.
    brownie in pan
  • Set the balls aside so you can use them for the center.
    brownie in a ball

Combining the Brownie Ball and Cookie Dough

  • Take the dough in one hand and place the brownie ball in the center. Cover the brownie by pinching the dough in one direction until a ball has been formed.
  • Dip cookie stamp in flour, remove and press down on the ball of dough until it is about 1-inch thick. Remove stamps. Transfer mooncake to a parchment baking sheet, arranging them about 1 ½ inches apart. Repeat with remaining dough.
  • Once you have stamped out all the cookies, chill in the freezer until very firm, about 10 minutes. Set the oven at 350 º degrees.
    stamp cookie
  • When cold, brush off any excess flour with a dry pastry brush.
  • Bake mooncakes until they turn golden underneath, about 12 to 15 minutes, switching the baking sheets from front to back and top to bottom halfway through baking time.
  • Remove the mooncakes and cool for a few minutes on a wire rack. EnJoY!

Notes

  • If the dough gets soft, place back into the refrigerator to harden the dough a little.
  • Make sure to to have floor on the mold so the dough does not get sticky. 
  • To make different color Mooncakes, add food coloring to dough when mixing.

Nutrition

Serving: 8g | Calories: 668kcal | Carbohydrates: 91g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 336mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 709IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 3mg