INGREDIENTS
For the pastry cream:
2 cups
half-and-half
1/2
cup sugar, divided
salt
5
large egg yolks
3 tbsp
cornstarch
4 tbsp
cold unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
1 1/2
tsp. vanilla extract
For the cookies:
8 tbsp
unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup
sugar
2 tsp
vanilla extract
2
large eggs
2 1/4 cups
all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp
baking powder
3/4 tsp
salt
1/2 cup
milk
For the ganache:
2 oz
bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
1/4 cup
heavy cream