Description
Make soft vanilla cookies filled with pastry cream and topped with chocolate glaze, mimicking the classic Boston Cream Pie flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup vanilla pastry cream (store-bought or homemade)
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Scoop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving space between them.
- Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, use a small knife or spoon to carefully hollow out a small well in the center of the bottom side of half the cookies.
- Fill the hollowed-out cookies with about 1 teaspoon of vanilla pastry cream.
- Top each filled cookie with a plain cookie half. Gently press them together to seal the filling.
- Prepare the glaze: Place chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth and glossy.
- Dip the top of each assembled cookie into the chocolate glaze, allowing excess to drip off. Place them back on the wire rack until the chocolate sets.
Notes
- For the best texture, use room temperature ingredients when mixing the dough.
- If you do not want to hollow out the cookies, you can pipe the cream onto the flat side of one cookie and sandwich it with another.
- Chill the assembled, filled cookies for 15 minutes before dipping them in chocolate for cleaner edges.
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 11 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20
- Sodium: 150
- Fat: 14
- Saturated Fat: 8
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 30
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 50