The Corkie Cookie: A Cornbread & Brownie Cookie Combination

Introducing the latest original cookie creation from my home bakery, a fudge brownie and crisp corn bread swirled together to make the original Corkie Cookie. The Corkie Cookie is soft and chewy and a perfect combination of its parents. With a hardy cornmeal base and chocolate soft brownie dough this cookie will be your new baking obsession. The Corkie Cookie is perfect for a fall bake.

the new corkie cookie

Ingredients:

Cornbread batter: 

1 box Jif Corn Bread Mix 

1/2 cup Flour 

1/2 tsp. Baking Soda 

1/3 cup White Sugar 

3 tbsp. Butter, room temp

1 Whole Egg, room temp

1 tbsp. Honey

Brownie batter:

1/2 cup Flour 

1/2 tsp. Baking Soda 

2 tbsp. Cocoa Powder 

1/2 cup White Sugar 

4 tbsp. Butter

1/2 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

1/2 tsp. Instant Espresso (optional)

1/4 tsp. Salt 

1 Whole Egg

1 1/2 tbsp. Vegetable Oil 

cornbread and brownie cookie combination, the corkie cookie

Directions:

1) Make corn bread batter: in a small bowl combine flour, Jif cornbread mix, baking soda. In a large bowl or stand mixer cream butter and sugar together for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix completely and then add honey and mix in. Add dry ingredients and whisk until dry ingredients are completely incorporated. Chill the dough in the fridge. 

2) Make brownie batter: place a small pot with 2 inches of water over medium low heat on the stove. In a heat safe medium bowl that can sit over the pot without touching the water, add the sugar, butter, semi chocolate sweet chips, espresso powder and salt. Let bowl sit over heat and combine slowly, stirring occasionally this will take 10-16 minutes. In another small bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda. When chocolate mixture is combined remove from heat and let cool for 15 min before whisking in egg and vegetable oil. Then add dry ingredients until completely incorporated. Do not chill this dough before combining with cornbread dough.

3) Combine dough: remove corn bread dough from the fridge. Brownie dough maybe be soft and runny, this is fine. In a loaf, or square pan, pour 1/3 brownie batter at the bottom 

add pieces of corn bread batter in sporadic place 1/3 at a time. Layer brownie and cornbread batter together. Chill this for at least 1 hour.

4) Scoop dough: scoop 1oz-1.5oz dough balls and chill for another hour on a baking sheet.

5) Bake corkie cookie:  bake at 350 degrees for 12-16 minutes, rotating pans between baking time.

new fall cookie recipe

Corkie Cookie Recipe Wrap-Up  

One of my true passions will always lie in thinking up new cookie recipes and the corkie cookie is no different. This cookie combination is pulled from my most beloved recipes. A classic fudgy brownie cookie and my original cornbread cookie, combined together to make the corkie cookie. This is an original recipe you should make all fall long!