brownie + cookies = love

Why: Sometimes when I want a treat there is only one thing that will satisfy my craving. Warm, gooey, chocolate brownies. Warm brownies with ice cream, best desert ever. Lava cake!? My thoughts exactly! What makes these cravings super frustrating is that you can't run out and buy one quickly and on the cheap. If I wanted ice cream, 30 seconds and $1 later I'd be happy. Warm brownie sundae? I don't even know where you can buy a decent one. The mood for a warm chocolate treat hit me and suddenly I remembered recently viewing a recipe for brownies made into cookies. SOLD!

What: Ok, I'm not going to lie, I have totally classified this as healthy because it doesn't have a lot of butter or oil in it. But it does have A LOT of chocolate which doesn't make it cheap. It has quite a few more steps than I typically care for when making cookies and scooping cold dough is annoying but I can mix it by hand which means the bowl from my stand mixer won't take up the entire dishwasher. The results are pretty good. If you're the kind of person that likes the outside pieces of the brownie pan, this is totally for you. Each cookie is a little crisp around the outside, chewy in the middle. I used my super nice semi sweet chocolate which is a little bitter for the recipe so next time (hell yes there will be a next time) I'll do maybe 1 ½ cup semi and ½ cup milk. And to make it even more amazing, it wouldn't hurt to throw a few unmelted chips into the dough before baking. I'm just saying.. if you're going to make a brownie cookie, might as well go all in.

Recipe:

1 tbsp oil

1 tsp of butter (yes, this is the correct amount)

2 cup of bitter or semi sweet chocolate

¾ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

½ tsp vanilla

½ cup flour

¼ tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

Preheat to 350. Mix together brown sugar and eggs. Add vanilla, flour, baking powder and salt, stir until combined. In a separate bowl add the chocolate, oil and butter. Melt in microwave in short intervals, stirring between, until compeltely melted. Fold chocolate into the other mixture (until color is consistent) and chill in the freezer for 10 minutes. Scoop chilled dough onto a greased or lined cookie sheet and bake for 11-12 minutes.