Ingredients & Tools
🥣 Gather key ingredients: 2 egg yolks, 2 whole eggs, refined sugar, salt, baking powder, vanilla essence, butter, paçoca, brown sugar, wheat flour, and condensed milk.
🍳 Prepare kitchen tools: Bowls (one larger for mixing), a pan for brigadeiro, baking forms, and an oven.
🔥 Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F) for about 20 minutes before baking. (Adjust based on your oven, like the speaker's 210°C for 15 minutes).

Cookie Dough Preparation
🧈 Melt butter until liquid and combine with brown sugar, refined sugar, and vanilla essence.
🥚 Incorporate eggs into the butter-sugar mixture, mixing well until a pasty consistency is achieved.
🌾 In a separate bowl, mix wheat flour, baking powder, and a pinch of salt; gradually add this dry mix to the wet ingredients, mixing by hand until well combined.
🥜 Fold 3 paçocas into the cookie dough, ensuring an even distribution for a subtle paçoca flavor.

Paçoca Brigadeiro Filling
🍬 Melt butter in a pan, then add one can of condensed milk and mix until fully incorporated.
🌰 Crumble 5 paçocas into the condensed milk mixture, stirring continuously until the mixture detaches from the bottom of the pan.
❄️ Transfer the brigadeiro to a form and refrigerate or freeze until it's firm enough to roll into small balls.

Assembly & Baking
🍪 Grease baking forms with butter (and optionally flour) to prevent sticking.
🤲 Take a small portion of cookie dough, flatten it, place a paçoca brigadeiro ball in the center, and carefully seal the dough around the filling.
➡️ Place the filled cookie balls on the prepared forms, leaving sufficient space between them as they will expand during baking.
⏱️ Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for approximately 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown and firm.

Key Points & Insights
🧂 Add salt to sweet recipes to enhance and balance the sweetness, preventing an overly sweet taste.
✋ For cookie dough, mixing by hand can yield excellent results, even if a mixer is available.
🌡️ Let cookies cool for a few minutes in the tray after removing from the oven; they will harden further upon cooling, making them easier to handle.
📦 Store any leftover cookie dough in the freezer for future use, making it convenient for quick baking sessions.

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