Chocolate Chip Brookie

Autumn is the season of beauty, of flowers, fragrances, colours and aroma.  Autumn is also the season of festivities, flavours, food, fun, frolic, and happiness. 

The balmy Sun, cold mornings, short days all add to the mirth. 

This weekend, we indulged in some festive baking and baked the much-awaited brookie.

When you bake a layer of chocolate chip cookie dough with a layer of brownie batter, you get brookie. It is a cookie-brownie match made in heaven. You can enjoy a fudgy brownie and a chewy chocolate chip cookie with each bite of the scrumptious brookie.

 We loved preparing two batters separately and then layering them. The batter was delicious and we licked a good amount of it.

We love them plain, we enjoyed the brookie with a drizzle of chocolate sauce and children were delighted to have with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.

Chocolate Chip Brookie

Ingredients

Brownie Batter

• ¼  cup all-purpose flour
• ¼  teaspoon salt
• 1/3  cup cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• ½  cup caster sugar
• 1 large egg
• ½  teaspoon Vanilla extract

Cookie dough 

• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/8  teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 pinch salt
• ¼  cup butter (softened)
• ½  cup caster sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease the sides of one 9 inch round pan. Dust with flour. Line the bottom with parchment paper

For Brownie Batter-

1. Whisk together flour and salt. Keep aside.
2. In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar. Add cocoa powder. Stir well so that there are no lumps.
3. Beat in the egg. Mix. Add vanilla extract and stir well.
4. Add flour mix in two shifts. Stir well. You will get a very shiny and silky brownie batter.

For Cookie Dough-

1. Whisk together first three ingredients in a large bowl. Keep aside.
2. Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy.
3. Beat in egg. Mix. Add vanilla extract.
4. Add flour mix in two shifts and mix till well incorporated. Fold in half of the chocolate chips into the batter. Cookie dough will be thick.

Assembling -

1. Pour the brownie batter into the prepared pan. Level the top with the back of a spoon.
2. Now add cookie dough with a ladle. Level the top. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips on top.
3. Bake for about 30 minutes or until the cookie dough turns golden and pulls away from the sides.
4. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Slice and serve with chocolate sauce or ice cream.

My Tip: Do not overbake brookie. It will become dry. We want a moist and fudgy brookie.