Sometimes the simplest recipes get the biggest raves. This is one of those recipes. You can use any chocolate chip cookie recipe and your favorite butter cream frosting. Bill and the boys couldn’t wait to sample these beauties…I only made a few cookie sandwiches and left the rest plain. I just may have to whip up another batch of butter cream!
I made a half batch of Jacques Torres’ Chocolate Chip Cookies using a tablespoon scoop instead of a quarter cup scoop to dish out the dough. I made just a half batch of the butter cream…and filled each pair of cookies with a tablespoon of this decadent, diabetic-coma inducing icing. That only made 5 sandwiches. If you want to fill the whole batch, I’d make at least a batch and a half of the icing…and maybe even a double batch…and use less than a tablespoon per sandwich. I tell ya, your family will be begging for more.
Edited to add a photo of the chocolate discs I use…I can find them at Sur la Table and Williams-Sonoma, or you can order them from Guittard On-Line.
Chocolate Chip Cookies…adapted from Jacques Torres
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon cake flour
1 1/2 cups bread flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound semi-sweet chocolate chips or discs
Preheat oven to 350º if baking without refrigerating. Line baking sheets with parchment and set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fit with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Reduce speed to low and add flours, baking powder and soda, and vanilla. Mix till well combined. Fold in chocolate pieces.
For best flavor, refrigerate overnight.
Scoop out rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake approximately 12 minutes, till lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before removing to cooling racks.
Chocolate Butter Cream…adapted from Martha Stewart
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) melted butter
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Whisk together all ingredients till well combined.
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These are so good , i’ll try them thanks for the recipe!
It’s true that the simplest usually the best. I love sandwich cookies like these!
I haven’t made Jacque Torres’ recipe yet, but I will have to remedy that after seeing your sandwich cookies. They look so delicious! I love the larger chocolate discs.
Those sandwiched chocolate chip cookies look fantastic!
Those are the biggest chocolate chips I’ve ever seen and they look delicious! I will have to try those out!
Yum! What a treat – with the chocolate chip cookies and the buttercream as a filling, perfect!
Best of both worlds! These are a great idea.
I’m going to have to try your buttercream recipe, as it’s the first I’ve seen that uses melted butter! Thanks for sharing. The cookie sandwiches look delicious.
This would make for a great dessert for my guys. My itty bitty is a big chocolate chip cookie fan. Yummy!
those chips are gynormous! I love them~
The recipe suggests a generous amount of chocolate chips, this is great. And the buttercream recipe looks great also, a slightly lighter version
Another winner, Lizzie. Are you going to celebrate on your 100th chocolate recipe post?
If chocolate ia involved I am in! of course I enjou reading your posts but the pics get me every time. How did you get that pretty swirl in the cookie. About three of those and a tall glass of milk would make my day.
Mmmm… those look amazing! YUM!!
I love that you can eat more by telling yourself you’ve only had ONE (sandwich) cookie!
You can also get Guittard chocolates at Williams-Sonoma. That’s where I’ve gotten mine. Great chocolate chip cookies sandwiches. I’ve heard great things about the Jacques Torres recipe
Thanks, everyone!
Victoria, good to know…I’ll amend my post
Sommer, I like the way you think!
Karen, nothing special…it just turned out that way~
Oh Lizzy, can I have a couple please?????
Lizzy, These cookies look to deliver the chocolate and texture we all crave – especially in a sandwich cookie! I love your choice of E. Guittard products. I’m within driving distance to their distribution center and I’ve long used their chocolate. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I made something similar a few months ago and they were AMAZING. I’m still dreaming about them.
Amy @ A Little Nosh
Oh, I seriously need these! Love the chocolate disks!
Combining chocolate chips and chocolate buttercream? Sounds SO good! I love the big chocolate chunks in the cookies too. These sound delicious!!!
I saw the title and the pictures and the words “ooo, that looks so good,” escaped my lips. Then I heard my darling 5 year old daughter mumble under her breath from across the room “she’s talking about some sort of food…” Really, it looks fabulous! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
I love Jacques! Those chips look like they are to die for. WS is just down the hill from me – Oh, yum! I have a hard time not eating the whole batch of CC cookie dough – this would definitely make it worse.
I was wondering how you made them when I saw the picture – I love the chocolate discs! Sweet looking cookie sandwiches!
Wow! Those chocolate discs look amazing. Those chocolate chip cookies look perfect. And for someone who isn’t a huge CCC fan, I would LOVE one of those! And I simply must try your butter cream recipe. I have never seen one that uses melted butter! Does it work well on cakes too? Thanks for sharing, Lizzy!
So true about simple recipes! These little sandwiches are so cute! Jacques Torres was my dean in school so I’m sure the cookies are good, and I’m all about buttercream
Sandwich cookies make me seriously happy
Yours look delicious!
I just love it when people find ways to make a great chocolate chip recipe even better! They look delicious!
Those are mighty good-looking cookies. The chips are otherworldly. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
These cookies look so inviting!!
Hi Lizzy! Oh wow these cookies look so good! Yeah not only my family would ask more, I probably end up eating them all!
I agree with Nami… these beauties are dangerous… I don’t know if I would be able to resist… my family might not get any!!! hahahaha
I’ll take a dozen! Yum! They look delicious and chocolate chip cookies are my favorite cookie out there. Great job!
it looks great lizzy..bookmarked it..thx or sharing ^,^
Chocolate chunk heaven. These look just perfect and it’s no surprise they were a big hit. I fear I would have nibbled on a few spoonfuls of frosting…all in the name of taste testing of course.
You saved a few of these for me right? Cuz Im on my way over. These little cookie sandwiches look awesome.
You had me at the picture of the box of E. Guittard! Heaven!
These look great! Bookmarking this recipe for sure
Lizzy those are wonderful, looks so tasty and sound amazing! Your photos are stunning!!!!
Have a lovely day tomorrow!!
I think I’d be begging for more! YUM!
Those are so cute. Love the idea of mini sandwiches, perfect for popping into one’s mouth.
Now this is the size chocolate chips that I like in my cookies. I would love to have a couple now with an icy cold glass of milk.
Chocolate frosting in chocolate chip cookies – yummy!
I would like sandwiches like these for lunch! Thank you so much for linking up with the Hearth n Soul this week!
Hi Lizzy,
This is a very special cookie, that I would really enjoy. It just looks delicious! I am happy to know the source for the chocolate. Thanks for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and come back soon!
Thank you for linking up to Whisking Wednesdays last week. I’d love it if you’d pop in and link up another recipe or two this week. Hope to see you there!
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This really looks delicious. I’m definitely craving for a plate of that right now. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe. This is definitely a must do recipe this weekend since I got my Food Handler Certification.