Brookie Bars
This brookie bars recipe brings together two classic desserts into one. If you love brownies and chocolate chip cookies then you are going to love this dessert!
Servings: 12 bars
Equipment
- sectioned brownie pan or muffin pan
Ingredients
Chocolate Chip Cookie Layer
- ¾ cup shortening
- 1¼ cups brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Brownie Layer
- 1 cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup melted butter, cooled
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Grease a brownie pan with butter or shortening
Cookie Layer
- In a stand mixer, cream shortening and brown sugar until smooth and creamy, about 5 minutes.
- Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla extract.
- Stir in flour and baking soda on low speed until just combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Press even amounts of cookie dough into bottoms of the brownie pan sections.
Brownie Layer
- Whisk together sugar, cocoa powder, flour, and baking soda in a medium-sized bowl.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract, stirring to combine. Dough will be dry and chunky.
- Add melted butter and stir until combined.
- Spoon brownie batter evenly over cookie layer in prepared pans.
- Bake in preheated oven for 22-25 minutes or until the brownie layer is baked through but still soft.
- Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing bars from pan to cool on a rack.
- Store cooled bars in an air tight container for up to three days.
Notes
A muffin pan can be used in place of the brownie pan.