Ah, but there is a little bit of mutiny in me and sometimes I just need to switch things up. A magazine recently had a variety of Christmas cookie recipes and one was for Peppermint Brookies. I don't care for peppermint so decided to make 'straight' Brookies, a combination of brownie and chocolate chip cookie, aka Brookies!
I did a little recipe search and realized I had actually made these before using the 'cheat method'. I had used one box of Ghirardelli Brownie mix and one box of Ghirardelli Chocolate Chip Cookie mix. This time I decided to start from scratch.
Ingredients
Cookie Layer:
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Brownie Layer:
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Beat softened butter, light brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a large bowl until creamy. Add 1 egg; beat until light and creamy, about 2 minutes.
- Whisk 1 1/4 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until dough is combined. Stir chocolate chips into dough. Spread dough into the bottom of the prepared baking dish to cover completely.
- Stir 1 cup white sugar, melted butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl; add 2 eggs and beat well. Mix cocoa powder into butter mixture until well-combined. Stir 1/2 cup flour, baking powder, and 1/8 teaspoon salt into cocoa mixture until batter is combined. Pour brownie batter over cookie dough and spread to cover completely.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the brookies comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.
Enjoy this two-fer recipe. No need to choose between a cookie or a brownie; you get both with one bite!