How To Make Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Satisfy your cravings with this cookie dough cupcake recipe that is soft and filled generously with chocolate chips and topped with a cookie dough frosting.
Serves:
Ingredients
For the Cookie Cups:
- ¾cupunsalted butter,(170 grams) softened to room temperature
- ¾cuppacked light sugar,(150 grams) or dark brown
- ¼cupgranulated sugar,(50 grams)
- 1large egg,at room temperature
- 2tsppure vanilla extract
- 2cupsall-purpose flour,(250 grams) spoon & leveled
- 2tspcornstarch,cornflour
- 1tspBaking Soda
- ½tspsalt
- 1¼cupssemi-sweet chocolate chips,(225 grams)
For the Cookie Dough Frosting:
- ¾cupunsalted butter,(170 grams) softened to room temperature
- 1cuppacked light or dark brown sugar,(215 grams) plus 1 tablespoon
- 2tsppure vanilla extract
- 1¼cupsheat-treated all-purpose flour,(160 grams) spoon & leveled
- ¾tspsalt
- 6tbspmilk,(95 milliliter)
- 1½cupsmini chocolate chips,(270 grams)
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C). Line two 12-count muffin pan with liners. Set aside.
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In a large bowl using a hand-held mixer or stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars together on medium speed until fluffy and light in color.
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Mix in egg and vanilla. Scrape down the sides as needed. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt.
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At low speed, slowly mix into the wet ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips. Dough will be thick.
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Press 1½ Tablespoons of dough into each muffin liner. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes, removing from the oven when the edges begin to slightly brown and the centers still appear soft.
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Do not bake longer than 13 minutes. Allow cookie cups to cool completely before frosting.
Frosting:
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With an electric or stand mixer using a paddle attachment, cream together the butter and brown sugar at medium speed. Add the vanilla and beat well.
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Stir in the flour and salt until doughy. Beat in the milk until fluffy. Gently fold in chocolate chips. Frost cooled cookie cups.
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Unfrosted cookie cups stay fresh covered at room temperature for 5 days. Frosted cookie cups must be stored in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
- Calories: 340.21kcal
- Fat: 17.97g
- Saturated Fat: 11.07g
- Trans Fat: 0.49g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.00g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.64g
- Carbohydrates: 43.00g
- Fiber: 1.37g
- Sugar: 28.18g
- Protein: 3.30g
- Cholesterol: 40.73mg
- Sodium: 175.45mg
- Calcium: 35.72mg
- Potassium: 71.50mg
- Iron: 1.33mg
- Vitamin A: 102.10µg
- Vitamin C: 0.08mg
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