No? You missed it last time (all those years back) - don't worry. Here we are again, with something that was really quite delicious.
This is a little something I created when I felt like baking cookies, but wanted them to be a little different.
Beat the butter and sugar together..
Add a couple of eggs [one at a time]..
Mix in the flour, and the chocolate [I used white chips this time]..
Allow the dough to set in the fridge, and then shape teaspoon sized balls into a bowl shape, just the right size to fit into a mini muffin pan..
Now take some chocolate ganache [recipe from here] and spoon it into the cookie cups..
Cover the ganache with another piece of cookie dough..
Then bake!
My Recipe Notes:
Spray the muffin pan well before putting the cookie dough in.
Coat your hands in flour throughout the whole process - cookie dough can get pretty sticky!
I used plain flour in this, as opposed to self raising flour, because I don't need them to spread out and make giant cookies.
Don't forget to leave half the mixture for the 'lid' of the lava cookies.
You can also warm up the ganache and use a sandwich bag with a small hole in it to pipe it in.
In the picture at the top [which is of the original lava cookies I made a while ago], I chopped up a block of dark chocolate and put the small shards into the dough - it works well!
Lava Cookies
Makes 24 - 30
Ingredients:
250g unsalted butter, softened
250g soft brown sugar
2 eggs
400g plain four
200g chocolate
1/2 batch dark chocolate ganache [recipe]
Method.
Step 1: beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
Step 2: add eggs one at a time
Step 3: stir in flour until well combined, and then add chocolate
Step 4: roll dough into a log shape and refrigerate until set
Step 5: preheat oven to 180oC [or 160 if your oven is fan forced], and make ganache
Step 6: press half the dough into a muffin pan [as shown in the pictures], pipe in the ganache, and top with remaining cookie dough. press them down slightly so they are flat like cookies
Step 7: bake for 15 minutes, or until they are golden brown
Step 8: leave to cool before removing them from the muffin pan
I don't know how many recipes there are out there for lava cookies - this was just a random experiment of mine one day, and it was a really really great idea!
Enjoy!
Hx