The Famous Brookie

Hello from Yummy Goodness land!

Ahh...I am one happy girl. Why you may ask? Chocolate! Need I say more? I realized today that I have not shared my favorite brownie recipe. Then I realized an even bigger mistake...not sharing my brookie recipe. I just know you are gonna love both. It's kinda like buy-one-get-one-free day at the donut shop, right? So, get to baking and enjoy! Oh, I almost forgot...be warned...nothing in this post is good for you...just yummy goodness for your mouth :)

Joy's Brownies

3/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup dark cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
a pinch of salt

Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9x9 pan. Beat the eggs and sugar until well combined. Add vanilla, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and melted butter. Combine well with a hand mixer, scraping the sides of the bowl. Transfer brownie mixture to prepared pan. Bake for about 25- 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean (unless you are like me and you like them a bit gooey). Allow to cool, or if you dare, enjoy them in all their yummy gooeyness right out of the oven. For the brookies, allow to cool and then cut into 1 1/2 inch squares.

While the brownies are baking, go ahead and start preparing the batter for the brookie. The recipe is at the end of this post.

Ahh...more chocolate! Chocolate chips make everything better, don't you think?

Brookies before baking...there is a hidden surprise inside. Can you guess what it is???

These brookies are huge!!! They are almost as big as this salad plate. Yikes!!! That's almost 8 inches around. Can you believe it? All that chocolate goodness...Oh, yeah!!!

Joy's Brookies

1 baked brownie recipe

1 cup butter, room temperature

1 1/2 cups light brown sugar

2 large eggs, plus 1 egg yolk

1 Tablespoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

12 oz. package miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

Beat butter with a mixer until creamy. Add brown sugar and beat until smooth. Add eggs, yolk and vanilla. Again, beating until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until well combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Allow dough to chill in refrigerator for at least an hour (or if you're like me and forgot this step, just throw the bowl in the freezer for about 10 minutes).

Preheat oven to 350. Once dough is chilled, using a measuring cup, scoop out 1/2 cup dough and make into a ball. I flatten the ball a little and then take a brownie and using my hands, wrap the dough around the brownie. Shape the dough back into a ball shape and put on a large cookie sheet. You should be able to bake about 6 brookies at a time. Bake for 16-18 minutes or until brookie starts to brown slightly on top and sides. Allow to cool on cookie sheet.

Then enjoy the yummy goodness with a friend or two, actually, the recipe makes 10 cookies. So, invite nine friends over for a riveting game of uno and enjoy some goodness together :)

Until next time...