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Chocolate chip cookie cups filled with chocolate ganache and fresh cranberries on a holiday platter

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups with Cranberries

Chewy chocolate chip cookie dough baked in a muffin tin, pressed into cups and filled with chocolate ganache and cranberry compote.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Cooling and setting 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 24 cookie cups
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 210
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cookie cups
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled (280 g)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter softened (170 g)
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Cranberry topping
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
Chocolate ganache
  • 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate finely chopped (115 g)
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 12-cup muffin tin well.
  2. Beat the butter and both sugars for 2 minutes until fluffy. Mix in the egg, yolk and vanilla.
  3. Stir in the flour, baking soda and salt just until combined, then fold in the chocolate chips.
  4. Press about 2 tablespoons of dough into each cup, filling it about two thirds full.
  5. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes until the edges are golden and the centers look slightly soft.
  6. Immediately press the center of each cookie with the back of a rounded tablespoon. Cool 10 minutes in the tin, then move to a rack.
  7. Simmer the cranberries, sugar and orange juice for 5 to 7 minutes until the berries pop, then cool completely.
  8. Pour hot cream over the chopped chocolate, wait 1 minute and stir until smooth. Spoon into the cups, top with the cranberries and let set for 20 minutes.

Notes

Make ahead: Bake the cups up to 4 days ahead and fill before serving.
Storage: Refrigerate filled cookies for up to 3 days.
Nutrition is an estimate per filled cookie cup.