My New Addiction

Cookie Dough Brownies.

I am addicted to these tasty beauties.
(along with just a few other addictions that shall remain nameless).

Two of my favorite things in the world - cookie dough and homemade brownies. Why didn't I think of combining these two heavenly creations sooner?!? Pure bliss to my utterly delighted taste buds.

I have been trying to lose the last of the lingering baby pounds (thank you very much Megan). This creation is not helping. No, not one bit.

I will share my recipe with you, but only after you have read the following:

WARNING: Do not come begging to me for help when you find yourself with an addiction on your hands, dreaming of eating them, and finding yourself counting down the minutes before inserting said addiction into your mouth just frothing with desire. Because if you do, I will merely hand over a plateful of these goodies and tell you to continue enjoying such delicious yumminess.

Consider yourself warned.

First off, I start out with this oh-so-delic fudgy-like brownies:

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup (2 cubes) butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt butter and chocolate chips. Stir constantly and remove from heat when chips are fully melted. In the same pot, blend in the sugar. Then add eggs, blending fully one at a time. Add flour and salt and beat until air bubbles form in the batter. Pour into greased 9x13-inch pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Turn heat down to 325 degrees and bake for 10 more minutes.

I have absolutely no idea why it calls for the changing of the guard on the oven, but I do as I'm told, and they turn out splendidly. This is the exact reason why I very nearly failed Nutrition 101. I mean, really, how hard is it to study food? I am here to testify that learning about food is several notches above Chemistry 101. Apparently, there is a lot of chemical reactions in food. I can still remember my feeling of dread on the first day as I realized it was definitely not going to be the easy general ed class I thought it was going to be.

'Nuff said on that matter.

As if the brownie layer wasn't good enough on its own, we add the heavenly layer of cookie dough on top. Mind you, because this is cookie dough, the brownies need to be stored in the fridge, that is if they are not completely gobbled up by the natives in one sitting. At first, I was discouraged because the fridge made the brownies hard and not as appealing.



Enter the reason why I am addicted -

Warm up your piece of brownie ever so slightly in the microwave, just enough to melt the chocolate chips in the cookie dough layer and gradually let the cookie dough spill over the sides of the brownie layer. Utter divineness right there my friends.


Cookie Dough Layer:
1/2 cup (1 cube) butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla (or in my case, the imitation kind - why would I ever pay a fortune for real vanilla? I've tasted the stuff, and its not as great as they claim)
3/4 cup flour
pinch of salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

In a small bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in milk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and salt. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoons over cooled brownies. Carefully spread over top (slightly tricky - just get a wooden spoon or spatula slightly wet and smooth out).

I have to confess, for the cookie dough layer, I found it didn't make quite enough, so I did another 1/2 of the recipe - not double, just half, (totally 1 1/2) and that was more than enough.

Now for the moment of truth. Take a bite. I am slightly afraid you may never forgive me for bringing these into your life. Once you taste it, you will never be able to go back. So just keep that in mind if you dare delve into these. I did warn you.