I’m pretty sure more cookies are made in the month of December than any other time of the year. I don’t know about you, but I’ll take any excuse to bake an excessive amount of cookies (and eat them too). I realize these are more bars/brownies than cookies, but considering they are half chocolate chip cookie dough, I think they fit right in during this cookie-themed month. I actually posted this recipe as one of my first few posts for the blog and decided it was time for a photo update. These bars are way too good to be buried deep in the recipe archives.
If you’re familiar with the brownie and cookie combo that is often called a brookie, these bars are its long lost cousin. They totally remind me of Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked ice cream and they offer the perfect solution if, like me, you often find yourself conflicted between choosing to indulge in a brownie or a cookie. Even if your baking list is long this month, this recipe must go right to the top. There’s no better way to celebrate the start of the holiday season!
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup + 1/8 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup + 1/8 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 1/8 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup + 1/8 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 13" pan.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. In a large bowl, stir butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract together. Add eggs one at a time to butter mixture. Stir well after each addition. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture and stir until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
- In a saucepan set over low heat, melt the butter, then add the sugar and stir until combined. Keep the mixture over the heat and stir until it has a shiny appearance. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and vanilla. Stir until smooth. Add the hot butter/sugar mixture to the cocoa mixture and stir to combine. Slowly fold in the flour and then the chocolate chips.
- Drop spoonfuls of both batters all over the 9 x 13 pan, until you have used up all of your batter. Try to distribute the cookie and brownie mixture evenly throughout the pan, so that you have a good mix of both in each bite. Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. It is better to slightly under bake the bars, if you prefer a fudgy consistency.
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