What to do? What to do? It's a rainy day in Georgia and I'm filled with restless energy. I need something comforting to excite my taste buds. First let me ask, do you believe in magic? If you answered yes, continue reading. If you answered no, go have a few large glasses of liquor. It doesn't matter what kind, just drink it down as if there was no tomorrow. Okay, now that you have swallowed some mood altering drugs, I need to ask if the room is swaying and are you feeling all giddy and happy? Let's hope the answer is yes, otherwise I don't know what to do with you.
Now you are all set to enjoy the magical world of Brownie-Chunk Cookies. And I personally believe they should be renamed Harry Potter Brownie-Chunk Cookies. In fact I'm so sure you will love this recipe, I decree, from henceforth, the barren miserable world of Non-Magical Brownie-Chunk Cookies will never darken your doorstep again.
No wands are needed for the making of these cookies, too risky. We don't want any bakers that are under the influence to put their eye out. But I should issue a warning, these cookies will have your tongues exploding with pleasure. Not to worry, you probably won't notice the lack of a tongue for quite awhile because you need to first sleep off your drunken stupor and then live through the dreadful hangover.
Ingredients for Spellbinding Brownie-Chunk Cookies:
2 & 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup (packed) brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup walnuts, broken into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 recipe of Old-Fashioned Brownies (recipe follows), cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large making sheets with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together first 3 ingredients in medium bowl. Beat butter and both sugars in large bowl until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients, then walnuts. Gently fold in brownie cubes (brownies may crumble).
3. Spray 1/4 to 1/3-cup ice cream scoop with nonstick cooking spray. Scoop batter; drop onto prepared sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart and spraying scoop with nonstick spray as needed. Using moist fingertips, flatten mounds to 1-inch thickness.
4. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until just golden, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheet.
Ingredients for Old-Fashioned Brownies:
5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, diced
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup all purpose flour
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 13x9x2-inch baking pan with foil, leaving overhang.
2. Stir chocolate and butter in heavy large saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Cool 15 minutes.
3. Whisk sugar and vanilla into chocolate mixture, then whisk in eggs and salt; stir in flour. Spread batter in prepared pan.
4. Bake brownies until tester inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs attached, about 20 minutes. Cool in pan. Cover and chill overnight.
5. Using foil as aid, lift brownie sheet from pan and cut in half. Gobble up first half and use the second in cookie batter.
Now you are all set to enjoy the magical world of Brownie-Chunk Cookies. And I personally believe they should be renamed Harry Potter Brownie-Chunk Cookies. In fact I'm so sure you will love this recipe, I decree, from henceforth, the barren miserable world of Non-Magical Brownie-Chunk Cookies will never darken your doorstep again.
No wands are needed for the making of these cookies, too risky. We don't want any bakers that are under the influence to put their eye out. But I should issue a warning, these cookies will have your tongues exploding with pleasure. Not to worry, you probably won't notice the lack of a tongue for quite awhile because you need to first sleep off your drunken stupor and then live through the dreadful hangover.
Ingredients for Spellbinding Brownie-Chunk Cookies:
2 & 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup (packed) brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup walnuts, broken into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 recipe of Old-Fashioned Brownies (recipe follows), cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large making sheets with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together first 3 ingredients in medium bowl. Beat butter and both sugars in large bowl until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients, then walnuts. Gently fold in brownie cubes (brownies may crumble).
3. Spray 1/4 to 1/3-cup ice cream scoop with nonstick cooking spray. Scoop batter; drop onto prepared sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart and spraying scoop with nonstick spray as needed. Using moist fingertips, flatten mounds to 1-inch thickness.
4. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until just golden, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheet.
Ingredients for Old-Fashioned Brownies:
5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, diced
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup all purpose flour
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 13x9x2-inch baking pan with foil, leaving overhang.
2. Stir chocolate and butter in heavy large saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Cool 15 minutes.
3. Whisk sugar and vanilla into chocolate mixture, then whisk in eggs and salt; stir in flour. Spread batter in prepared pan.
4. Bake brownies until tester inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs attached, about 20 minutes. Cool in pan. Cover and chill overnight.
5. Using foil as aid, lift brownie sheet from pan and cut in half. Gobble up first half and use the second in cookie batter.
Adapted from Bonappetit Magazine 2008
2 comments:
I had to read this post in two parts because after I followed your instructions to drink a few large glasses of liquor I couldn't see straight enough to read the rest.
Brownies in cookies, now that IS magical!
I am in love with magic and twilight and any recipe that makes me gobble up half a pan of brownies while under a spell of spirits- you Moogie- make me effing day!
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