Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies
Yield: 12 large brownies
Ingredients
- For the Cookie Base:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 stick butter (8 tablespoons, 4 ounces or 1/2 cup)
- 1 egg, lightly whisked
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- For the Brownie Layer:
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick butter (8 tablespoons, 4 ounces or 1/2 cup)
- 8 oz 70% dark chocolate, chopped
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Method
Preheat your oven to 350°.
- For the Cookie Base:
- Put flour, sugar, salt and butter into a medium bowl and mash the mixture until it’s crumbly.
- Whisk the egg with the vanilla and stir in along with the chocolate chips.
- Continue stirring until a dough comes together.
- Press it into a lightly oiled parchment-lined, 8” by 8” baking dish.
- For an extra crispy cookie-like base, pre-bake the cookie dough for 15 minutes, If you prefer a softer base layer don’t pre-bake.
- Either way will support the brownie layer.
- For the Brownie Layer:
- Whisk the flour, sugar, cocoa and salt together.
- Meanwhile melt the butter over low heat.
- Turn off heat and add the chocolate.
- Stir gently with a whisk as the chocolate melts then whisk the mixture smooth.
- In a second bowl whisk the eggs with the vanilla.
- Scrape and discard the whisk.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix well with a wooden spoon or the like.
- Pour the batter over the baked or un-baked chocolate chip cookie base and bake for 45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the brownie.