Easy Cookie Dough Brownies

I came across this idea on Pinterest one day.

Cookie dough: good.
Brownies: good.
COMBINATION??? = HEAVENLY!!!

So here's a quick little recipe tutorial:

1. Make brownies.
2. Make Cookie Dough (or dough dip).
3. Refrigerate Cookie Dough.
4. Cool brownies.
5. Scoop dough atop brownies.
6. Freeze/refrigerate (based on how quickly you need it).
7. Cut.
8. Enjoy.

My recipes listed below yield ~16 servings = 9 large servings

BROWNIES:

Now there are probably hundreds of thousands of brownie recipes online, I like this one best for this particular recipe b/c they're vegan & anyone can enjoy them!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

• 2 cups white sugar

• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup water

• 1 cup vegetable oil

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Tools:

large bowl

baking pan

oven

mixing spoon

Directions:

Preheat to 350°F

Mix first 5 ingredients in bowl

Stir in last 3 ingredients

BLEND WELL (should not have clumps)

Poor evenly into baking pan

Bake 30min.

It'l look a little gooey, but stick a fork in it, it's done!

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter (room temp)

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated white sugar

3 Tbsp milk OR 3 tsp whipped cream & 1 tsp water

2 tsp syrup OR 3/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup flour

assorted chocolate chips (as many as you prefer in your dough); none if you like!

Tools:

medium bowl

spoon/mixer

This makes a fairly thin amount of cookie dough, so expand on it, to scale, to as large an amount as you'd like :)

Directions:

mix first 3 ingredients WELL (should be thick)

Mix in liquid ingredients

fold in flour (do not overmix)

stir in chocolate chips

 YUM YUM!!

~Happy Baking!!