Rich chocolate stout frosting and crunchy pretzels take this chocolate chip cookie to a whole new sweet and salty level. This is a cookie you don’t want to miss!
Beer and Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 1 hr 45 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons stout beer
- 2 cups mini-pretzel twists, coarsely crushed
Frosting
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 5 oz semisweet baking chocolate, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons stout beer
Topping
- 24 mini-pretzel twists
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, 1/2 cup butter, the egg and 2 tablespoons beer until soft dough forms. Stir in crushed pretzels.
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Step2On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely before frosting.
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Step3Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream and 2 tablespoons butter to just boiling over medium heat. Remove from heat and add chocolate; stir with whisk until melted and smooth. Stir in 2 tablespoons beer. Pour into bowl; cover and refrigerate about 1 to 2 hours or until spreading consistency.
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Step4Spread about 2 teaspoons frosting on each cookie; top each with 1 pretzel twist, pressing in gently. Store loosely covered.
Nutrition
200
Calories
11g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 200
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 17%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 32%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 190mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 65mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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