Chocolate Dipped Brownie Cookies

I can't believe I haven't mentioned it on here yet. Wait let me check to be sure..

Okay, yup. I haven't mentioned it. I haven't mentioned that I've been sick, practically dying for over a week now! I've been coughing, sniffling, sneezing and blowing my nose for days. Appetizing, I know. Particularly so since this is a food blog and all. All of the congestion in my head has been giving me headaches and I haven't been able to get rid of them. I actually spent an entire day in bed this past weekend and I never do that. Like ever. I've felt pretty miserable this past week. Even one of my professors was like "Angelyn? Are you okay? You've been dragging it this week!" Obviously, cookies were in order to help make me feel better.
I enlisted the help of my little sister to help me make these Chocolate Dipped Brownie Cookies. Okay, mainly she did everything and I told her what to do from my chair :) It was .... interesting. My sister doesn't exactly cook or bake and she's not very good at it [hopefully, she's not reading this]. Somehow, everything ended up a-okay and the cookies were phenomenal. We've got a super soft, chocolatey cookie dipped in additional melted chocolate and then decorated with sprinkles. Good stuff. I ended up going to bed after we she made the cookies, but I asked her to bring me one or two of these [duh]. She brought up the last two. Seriously, my family should win some kind of award for the amount of baked goods that they can consume.

Chocolate Dipped Brownies Cookies (Source: Love and Olive Oil)

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 oz. dark or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup butter, cut in cubes
2 eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

2/3 cup chocolate chips
2-3 teaspoons coconut oil
Chocolate sprinkles

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. 
Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into a mixing bowl. Set aside. Combine chocolate and butter in a double boiler or a heat-proof bowl set over a pot of barely simmering water. Stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and set aside. In a mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together eggs, sugar, and vanilla until pale and creamy, about 8 minutes. Mix in melted chocolate mixture. Add dry ingredients and stir until just incorporated. 
Drop batter using a small cookie scoop by the scant tablespoonful onto cookie sheet, leaving two inches of space between cookies. The batter will be somewhat loose at this point, but shouldn't be runny. It will thicken the longer it sits. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until tops are shiny and cracked. Like a brownie, you don't want to over bake these cookies. Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet for 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil together in a double-boiler. Dip half of each cookie in melted chocolate and top with sprinkles. Place on parchment paper to harden. Keep in an airtight container. YIELD: about 2-1/2 dozen cookies 

Have a lovely weekend! x