Yummmy...BROWNIES!

     I was in a mood to bake (which for those of you who know me is EXTREMELY uncommon), and . . I wanted something chocolate (thanks to a friend of mine . . . Keisha!! lol!) so I started looking around the house for things to make . . .

     Brownies were the answer to my Baking AND Chocolate Problems!! For some reason though, Brownies just didn't seem like enough. I wanted to be more creative! So I dug around the cabinets and found a package of chocolate chip cookie mix . . this would work!

                                  

                      I mixed the brownies . . . 

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

In 3-quart saucepan over very low heat, melt butter or margarine and chocolate, stirring the mixture constantly. Remove from heat, and stir the sugar into the chocolate. Allow the mixture to cool slightly. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each, then stir in the vanilla and vegetable oil. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the chocolate mixture. Fold in the walnuts.(This step is optional)

And then in a separate bowl, I mixed the chocolate chip cookie mix. This particular time I used a mix but if you want to make them from scratch here is a recipe that I recommend . . . 

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE® Baking Cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks

Directions

Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chunks.

     Now that both of the mixes were prepared, I set them aside. I preheated the oven to 350 degrees F. Then sprayed a mini-cupcake pan with a nonstick baking spray. (I recommend a flour based spray such as Bakers Joy.)

     I then made quarter size patties with the cookie mix and lightly pressed one down into each cup in the pan. Then I poured the brownie mix over the cookie until each cup was about 3/4 full. I then baked them for 7-10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the brownie would come out mostly clean. I say mostly because once you pull them out of the oven, the brownie will continue to cook for 1-2 minutes longer because of the cookie dough under it. I then let the pan sit for 3-5 minutes and then flipped it over and dumped out the Cookie-Brownies. (A few I had to loosen with a small knife and then dump again on the second and third batch) After they were cooled . . . I decorated them!

(Drizzled with heated marshmallow frosting) 

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