Description
Delightful mini cookie cups filled with a creamy vanilla pastry filling, topped with smooth chocolate ganache for a handheld, bite-sized version of the classic Boston cream dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup chocolate chips (semisweet or milk)
- 1–2 teaspoons butter or cream (to smooth)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Beat softened butter and sugar until creamy in another bowl.
- Add egg and vanilla extract to the butter mixture and mix.
- Gradually add dry ingredients and combine until just mixed.
- Press dough evenly into mini muffin tin cups to form shells.
- Bake cookie cups for 10 to 12 minutes until edges are lightly golden, then cool in pan.
- Heat milk in a small saucepan until warm.
- Whisk together sugar, cornstarch, and egg yolk in a bowl until smooth.
- Slowly add warm milk to the egg mixture while whisking constantly.
- Return mixture to saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring until thickened.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and butter, then let cool.
- Spoon or pipe the cooled vanilla filling into each cookie cup.
- Melt chocolate chips with butter or cream until smooth.
- Drizzle or spoon the melted chocolate over the filled cookie bites.
- Allow chocolate to set slightly before serving at room temperature.
Notes
- Store leftovers in an airtight container.
- Can substitute dark chocolate for a richer flavor.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 22 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie bite
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg