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 hr 45 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Asian
Servings: 8
Calories: 668kcal
- 2 cups all-purpose flour plus more as needed
- ⅓ 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
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.
Cut dough into 8 pieces. Take one piece out and return the rest to the refrigerator.
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.
Prepare the Brownie Balls
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.
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!
- 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.
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