Kit Kat Stuffed Soft Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies

We are Kit Kat-nuts over here. When it comes to texture and the perfect crunch, I think Kit Kat has the market on it. 

My boys have been doing really great in school, not just grades, but awards in their extracurricular activities too. I figured, let’s celebrate with some over-the-top cookies. I took my regular soft baked recipe and dolled it up a bit. It’s the best base for any soft baked cookie, in my opinion.

And I’ve told you before I like my cookies pretty. I used to wait hours for cookie dough to get cold so the cookies wouldn’t spread into a thin mess when baked. Not anymore.  My two biggest tips when it comes to making the perfect looking cookie are using a whoopie pie pan and a baking scale.

If you want uniform sized cookies, a baking scale is your best investment. When your cookies all weigh the same, they bake evenly and all finish at the same time. You will not end up with batches of cookies where some are burnt and the others underdone. I have used a lot of baking scales, but this one is my absolute favorite.

If you are adding things to your cookies, chocolate chips, nuts, dried fruit etc., place the amount called for in the batter and stir in as usual. However, after rolling your cookie balls, place more chocolate chips (see this in a picture further down) or nuts on the outside of your cookie balls by pressing them to the outside parts of the dough. The additions on the inside will sink into the cookie, but those on the outside will stay on top and look beautiful. 

One Kit Kat mini is placed in the center of each cookie dough ball and then the dough is brought around it until completely covered.

For uniform shaped cookies, a whoopie pie pan is your cheapest and best investment. I have three so that I am never placing cookie dough on a hot pan (you never want to do that). Having three saves time too. The wells of the whoopie pie pan are shallow enough to make the perfect shaped cookie, without having to chill the dough. The cookies do not go flat and thin and spread out and touch each other. The pans are also very thin and easy to store.

Do not bake your cookies to absolute doneness in the oven, take them out a few minutes early and let them finish baking in the pan. This keeps the cookies from being too crunchy and burnt around the edges.

Beautiful cookies do not just happen, however with a few little tricks your cookies will be gift-worthy every time. Remember, we eat with our eyes first.

People are going to ask you how you made your cookies so perfect looking. Share it or a keep it a secret, your choice.

 

Enjoy them.

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Other Kit Kat Cookie Recipes You Might Enjoy:
Kit Cat Cookies ~ Crazy for Crust
Kit Cat Cookies ~ Buns In My Oven
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