Description
Boston Cream Pie Cookies are a refined dessert that layers soft sugar cookies with velvety vanilla pastry cream and rich chocolate ganache, delivering the iconic flavors of the classic pie in a handheld treat.
Ingredients
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- 12–15 sugar cookies (homemade or store-bought)
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Bake or prepare your sugar cookies and let them cool completely.
- In a saucepan, whisk together egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch, and milk over medium heat until the mixture thickens into a pastry cream.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and butter until fully incorporated. Chill the pastry cream in the refrigerator until thickened.
- Once the cookies are cool and the cream is set, pipe or spoon the pastry cream onto the top of each cookie.
- In a microwave-safe bowl or double boiler, melt chocolate chips with heavy cream, stirring until smooth to create ganache.
- Spoon a small amount of ganache over the cream-topped cookies and spread lightly to cover.
- Refrigerate the cookies until the ganache is set and keep chilled until serving.
Notes
- Pastry cream can be made a day ahead and stored in the fridge.
- Use a piping bag for neat and consistent cream application.
- Refrigerate the cookies in a single layer to avoid smudging the ganache.
- Shortbread or butter cookies offer a richer alternative to sugar cookies.
- White chocolate ganache offers an elegant visual twist.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 16g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 45mg