Bear Paw Cookies
Soft brown-sugar cookies topped with a dark chocolate melting wafer for the pad and three chocolate chips for the claws, shaped like a bear's paw.
Ingredients
| 3/4 cup | 180 ml | unsalted butter, softened |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | sugar |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | light brown sugar |
| 1 | egg plus 1 egg yolk | |
| 1 tbsp | 15 ml | vanilla extract |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | baking soda |
| 2 tsp | 10 ml | cornstarch |
| 1/2 tsp | 2.5 ml | salt |
| 2 cups | 480 ml | flour |
| 1 | bag Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting wafers (only need 24 wafer chips) | |
| 1 | bag semi-sweet chocolate chips (only 3 chips per cookie for the claws) |
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Using a stand mixer, cream together the butter, brown sugar and sugar until creamy. Add in the egg and egg yolk, vanilla and beat to combine. Add in the baking soda, cornstarch, salt and flour and beat until a soft dough forms. Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop dough into your hands and roll it. Place dough onto cookie sheet and bake 9-12 minutes. Once cookies are baked, place a melting wafer into the center of the cookie for the pad of the paw. Then place 3 chocolate chips above the paw for the claws. Repeat steps with remaining dough and cookies. Let cookies cool for about 30 minutes before enjoying!