Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies

Ingredients

• 1 stick salted butter (1/2 cup, very soft)
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup + 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 18.9 ounce brownie mix – my all-time favorite is Ghirardelli Double Chocolate

Steps

1. 1

   With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugars in a small mixing bowl. Add vanilla and egg; cream again until smooth. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir gently until incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare brownie batter as directed. Pour batter into a glass 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish. Scatter pieces of cookie dough over the top of the brownie batter. In my 8×8 square pan, I was able to get about 2/3 of the cookie dough to fit over the brownies and I just saved the rest for regular cookies. Press gently on the dough just until it starts to sink down into the batter a little bit.

3. 3

   Bake for 35-40 minutes (35 for gooey, 40 or more for fully baked), covering with foil if you need to keep the cookies from getting too brown on top. Let stand for 15-20 minutes and cut into pieces for serving.