Blood red cookies and cream

Ingredients

For the Cookies:

• 1 ounce chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 ounce milk chocolate, chopped
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 tablespoon red food colouring
• 2 1/4 cups all- purpose flour
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

For the Filling:

• 250 grams [8 ounces] cream cheese, at room temperature
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted
• 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise and seeds scraped

Directions

Make the cookies:

1. Preheat the oven to 190 deg Cel [375 degrees F]. 
2. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
3.  Combine the semisweet and milk chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave at 50 percent power until melted, about 2 minutes. 
4. Whisk until smooth.
5. Whisk the melted butter, sour cream, eggs, vinegar, vanilla and food coloring in a bowl until combined. In another bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
6. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in four equal batches, whisking each batch completely before adding the next. 
7. Stir in the melted chocolate.
8. Scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of batter onto the prepared baking sheets and smooth the tops with a damp finger. 
9. Bake until the cookies spring back when lightly pressed, 8 to 10 minutes. 
10. Let cool 10 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

To make the filling: 

1. Into a pan place 50 g of ice cream topping, 1 tbsp strawberry jam and 1 tsp of corn syrup.
2. Gently warm and combine these ingredients.
   1. Set aside to cool.
3. Beat the cream cheese and butter with a mixer until smooth.
4.  Beat in the icing sugar and vanilla seeds. 
5. Sandwich a tablespoonful of filling between 2 cookies.
6. Make a hollow in the middle of the sour cream.
7. Place a mix of strawberry jam, ice cream topping
8. Repeat with the remaining cookies and filling.
9. Refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.

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