recipe
Halloween Monster Cookies
by Brava Chef Erin
About this Recipe
These cookies are a fun Halloween treat. They are loaded with various Halloween candies. Dutch-processed cocoa powder gives these cookies deep chocolate flavor, while oats give them a great chewy texture. This recipe includes M&Ms®, Kit Kats® and candy corn, but feel free to use whatever Halloween candy you like!
Ingredients
- 1.0 cups all-purpose flour
- 0.75 cups Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- 0.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoons baking soda
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 0.75 cups brown sugar, packed
- 0.6666666666666666 cups granulated sugar
- 1.0 count egg
- 1.0 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 0.5 cups quick oats
- 0.5 cups M&Ms®
- 0.75 cups roughly chopped Kit Kats® (about 2 bars)
- 0.5 cups candy corn
Equipment
Brava metal tray
mixing bowls
stand mixer (optional)
parchment paper
wire cooling rack
Nutrition Information
Allergens: None
Instructions
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1
Prep cookie dough
- Pro Tip: Leave butter and eggs at room temperature for 1 hour before beginning. This will soften butter for easy mixing and ensure more even distribution of eggs in the dough.
- In medium bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- In bowl of stand mixer with paddle attachment or in large bowl with wooden spoon, combine butter and sugar; mix until creamy and well incorporated.
- Add egg and vanilla extract; mix well.
- Add flour mixture; mix for 30 seconds to thoroughly blend dough.
- Add mix-ins. Add quick oats, M&Ms® and Kit Kats®; mix for 30 seconds to evenly distribute.
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2
Refrigerate dough
- Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
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3
Form cookies
- Line Brava metal tray with parchment paper.
- Roll dough into golf ball size portions.
- Place 5 dough balls on Zones 1, 2 and 3 of metal tray, making sure they are spread evenly apart.
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4
Preheat oven, then bake cookies
- Select “Halloween Monster Cookies” on your touchscreen and follow instructions.
- Press green button to begin preheating. Do not put cookies in Brava while it preheats.
- Once Brava is preheated, slide metal tray into top shelf and press green button to begin baking.
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5
Serve
- When cookies are done, carefully remove metal tray.
- Immediately gently press 2-3 pieces candy corn into the top of each cookie while hot.
- Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool before serving.
- When metal tray is cool enough to handle, repeat process with remaining dough.
- Any leftover cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 2–3 days.
- Dough balls can be refrigerated for 5 days or frozen for up to 6 months.